The Communication of Social Support
Messages, Interactions, Relationships, and Community
1st Edition
Published on 25. May 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
978-0-8039-4351-3 (ISBN)
Description
This survey of the nature, problems and outcomes of supportive interactions covers a wide range of contexts and relationships. Exploring social support between friends, spouses, family members and co-workers, both qualitative and quantitative studies in natural and laboratory settings are discussed. The contributors examine: methods and models for assessing specific messages through which people attempt to provide support; approaches for examining the form and content of specific social support interactions; and how features of social relationships convey and contextualize support.
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Content
Introduction - Brant R Burleson et al
The Communication of Social Support
PART ONE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES
Comforting Messages - Brant R Burleson
Significance, Approaches and Effects
The Role of Facework in Supportive Communication - Daena Goldsmith
Communicating Social Support in Organizations - Stephanie Zimmermann and James L Applegate
A Message-Centered Approach
Counteracting Task-Induced Stress - Charles H Tardy
Studies of Instrumental and Emotional Support in Problem-Solving Contexts
PART TWO: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE INTERACTIONS
Relationship Specific Social Support - Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason and Gregory R Pierce
Toward a Model for the Analysis of Supportive Interactions
Social Support Communication in the Context of Marriage - Carolyn E Cutrona and Julie A Suhr
An Analysis of Couples' Supportive Interactions
Friendship, Gender and Social Support - Valerian J Derlega, Anita Barbee and Barbara A Winstead
Laboratory Studies of Supportive Interactions
The Appraisal of Spousal Support by Women Facing Conflicts between Work and Family - Marla Steinberg and Benjamin H Gottlieb
PART THREE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Everyday Communicative Contexts for Social Support - Melanie Barnes and Steve Duck
Unsupportive Relationships - Wendy Samter
Deficiencies in the Support-Giving Skills of the Lonely Person's Friends
Beyond the Ties that Bind - Katherine Miller and Eileen Berlin Ray
Exploring the `Meaning' of Supportive Messages and Relationships
The Role of Relationship Characteristics in the Provision and Effectiveness of Supportive Messages Among Nursing Professionals - Sandra Metts, Patricia Geist and Julie L Gray
The Quality of Relationships Inventory - Gregory R Pierce
Assessing the Interpersonal Context of Social Support
Epilogue - Terrance L Albrecht
Social Support and Community: An Historical Account of the Rescue Networks in Denmark
The Communication of Social Support
PART ONE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES
Comforting Messages - Brant R Burleson
Significance, Approaches and Effects
The Role of Facework in Supportive Communication - Daena Goldsmith
Communicating Social Support in Organizations - Stephanie Zimmermann and James L Applegate
A Message-Centered Approach
Counteracting Task-Induced Stress - Charles H Tardy
Studies of Instrumental and Emotional Support in Problem-Solving Contexts
PART TWO: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE INTERACTIONS
Relationship Specific Social Support - Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason and Gregory R Pierce
Toward a Model for the Analysis of Supportive Interactions
Social Support Communication in the Context of Marriage - Carolyn E Cutrona and Julie A Suhr
An Analysis of Couples' Supportive Interactions
Friendship, Gender and Social Support - Valerian J Derlega, Anita Barbee and Barbara A Winstead
Laboratory Studies of Supportive Interactions
The Appraisal of Spousal Support by Women Facing Conflicts between Work and Family - Marla Steinberg and Benjamin H Gottlieb
PART THREE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Everyday Communicative Contexts for Social Support - Melanie Barnes and Steve Duck
Unsupportive Relationships - Wendy Samter
Deficiencies in the Support-Giving Skills of the Lonely Person's Friends
Beyond the Ties that Bind - Katherine Miller and Eileen Berlin Ray
Exploring the `Meaning' of Supportive Messages and Relationships
The Role of Relationship Characteristics in the Provision and Effectiveness of Supportive Messages Among Nursing Professionals - Sandra Metts, Patricia Geist and Julie L Gray
The Quality of Relationships Inventory - Gregory R Pierce
Assessing the Interpersonal Context of Social Support
Epilogue - Terrance L Albrecht
Social Support and Community: An Historical Account of the Rescue Networks in Denmark