Communication of social support : messages, interactions, relationships, and community / edited by Brant R. Burleson, Terrance L. Albrecht, Irwin G. Sarason.

Contributor Burleson, Brant Raney, 1952-

Imprint:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1994.

Descriptionxxx, 298 p ; 23 cm.

Note:Comforting messages: significance, approaches, and effects / Brant R. Burleson -- The role of facework in supportive communication / Daena J. Goldsmith -- Communicating social support in organizations: a message-centered approach / Stephanie Zimmerman, James L. Applegate -- Counteracting task-induced stress: studies of instrumental and emotional support in problem-solving contexts / Charles H. Tardy -- Relationship-specific social support: toward a model for the analysis of supportive interactions / Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Gregory R. Pierce -- Social support communication in the context of marriage: an analysis of couples' supportive interactions / Carolyn E. Cutrona, Julie A. Suhr -- Friendship, gender, and social support: laboratory studies of supportive interactions / Valerian J. Derlega, Anita P. Barbee, Barbara A. Winstead -- The appraisal of spousal support by women facing conflicts between work and family / Marla Stseinberg, Benjamin H. Gottlieb -- Everyday communicative contexts for social support / Melanie K. Barnes, Steve Duck -- Unsupportive relationships: deficiencies in the support-giving skills of the lonely person's friends / Wendy Samter -- Beyond the ties that bind: exploring the "meaning" of supportive messages and relationships / Katherine Miller, Eileen Berlin Ray -- The role of relationship characteristics in the provision and effectiveness of supportive messages among nursing professionals / Sandra Metts, Patricia Geist, Julie L. Gray -- The quality of relationships inventory: assessing the interpersonal context of social support / Gregory R. Pierce -- Social support and community: a historical account of the rescue networks in Denmark / Terrance L. Albrecht.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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