Environment Report

Name	Social support
Description	Social support is important to many people interested in physical (e.g., mortality) and mental health (e.g., depression). As a result, there have been over 45,000 articles, chapters, and books published on social support across a wide range of disciplines including psychology, medicine, sociology, nursing, public health, and social work. There are three distinct sub-types of social support, and each has different links to health: A support recipient's perception of social support, the specific supportive actions received, and the extent to which a person is integrated within a social network. In addition, there are three main types of causes of social support: the personality of the support recipient, the objectively supportive aspects of support providers, as well as the relationships between specific support recipients and providers. A variety of theories of social support have been proposed. For example, one theory describes how social support helps people cope with stressful events. Another theory describes how social support maintains well being in the absence of stress. A third theory describes how social support becomes part of an adaptive personality profile throughout a person's life.
No. of Studies (Positive/Negative)	2(2/0)

Name in Literature	Reference	Research Type	Statistical Result	Relation Description
subjective social support	Steffens, 2005	patients only		subjective social support, subcortical gray matter severity,...... subjective social support, subcortical gray matter severity, and the interactions of time with social network and with subcortical gray matter lesions remained significantly associated with MADRS (Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale) score. More...
emotional support	Lincoln, 2011	normal people		Multivariate analyses found that perceived emotional support...... Multivariate analyses found that perceived emotional support was associated with lower odds of MDD for African Americans and Caribbean Blacks. Emotional support moderated the impact of negative interaction on MDD for Caribbean Blacks, but not for African Americans. More...

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