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Social support: Mapping the construct by Sarason, Irwin G., Sarason, Barbara R.

“…Social support is a construct with multiple dimensions that can be approached at multiple levels. Findings from a variety of disciplines and recognition of its…”
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General and Relationship-Based Perceptions of Social Support: Are Two Constructs Better Than One? by Pierce, Gregory R, Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R

“…Two hypotheses derived from a theory of perceived social support were investigated: (a) relationship-based perceptions of social support are distinct from…”
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Interrelations of Social Support Measures: Theoretical and Practical Implications by Sarason, Barbara R, Shearin, Edward N, Pierce, Gregory R, Sarason, Irwin G

“…To obtain a clearer picture of what constitutes social support, we conducted three studies to compare measures of different conceptions of social support…”
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Social support and adjustment to a novel social environment by Furukawa, T, Sarason, I G, Sarason, B R

“…The present article aims to examine the ways in which social support may affect the adaptation of individuals to a novel social environment. A distinctive…”
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Cognitive Interference: Situational Determinants and Traitlike Characteristics by Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R, Keefe, Dennis E, Hayes, Bob E, Shearin, Edward N

“…This article presents a series of studies of cognitive interference and describes two instruments constructed to assess intrusive thoughts. One instrument…”
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Concomitants of Social Support: Social Skills, Physical Attractiveness, and Gender by Sarason, Barbara R, Sarason, Irwin G, Hacker, T. Anthony, Basham, Robert B

“…This study investigated the naturally occurring relations among self-reported social support and social skills, on the one hand, and behavioral measures and…”
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Assessing social support: The Social Support Questionnaire by Sarason, Irwin G, Levine, Henry M, Basham, Robert B, Sarason, Barbara R

“…Describes the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) and 4 empirical studies employing it. The SSQ yields scores for (a) perceived number of social supports and…”
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Social Support as an Individual Difference Variable: Its Stability, Origins, and Relational Aspects by Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R, Shearin, Edward N

“…Three studies were carried out in which the following topics were investigated: the stability of social support indices, the relation between these indices and…”
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Perceived Social Support and Working Models of Self and Actual Others by Sarason, Barbara R, Pierce, Gregory R, Shearin, Edward N, Sarason, Irwin G, Waltz, Jennifer A, Poppe, Leslie

“…Investigated linkages between perceived social support and (a) perceptions of self and others, and (b) others' perceptions of the self. In Study 1,…”
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Predicting Relationship Quality and Emotional Reactions to Stress from Significant-Other-Concept Clarity by Gurung, Regan A. R., Sarason, Barbara R., Sarason, Irwin G.

“…This study evaluated the extent to which clarity, valence, and connectedness of Significant-Other-Concepts (SOCs) predicted relationship quality and emotional…”
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General and Specific Support Expectations and Stress as Predictors of Perceived Supportiveness: An Experimental Study by Pierce, Gregory R, Sarason, Barbara R, Sarason, Irwin G

“…Fifty-four undergraduates and their mothers participated in an experiment to evaluate hypotheses derived from a theory of perceived social support ( Pierce,…”
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Exploring the link between parental acceptance and young adult adjustment by TURNER, Aaron P, SARASON, Irwin G, SARASON, Barbara R

“…Two hundred and ninety-two university undergraduates participated in an investigation exploring the developmental antecedents of perceived acceptance. Students…”
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Concomitants of social support: attitudes, personality characteristics, and life experiences by Sarason, I G, Sarason, B R

“…Determining the extent of social support and its consequences and personality correlates has been of increasing interest to researchers. The two studies…”
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Parent-Child Relationships in Vietnamese Immigrant Families by Dinh, Khanh T, Sarason, Barbara R, Sarason, Irwin G

“…This study assessed 49 Vietnamese-born and 124 American-born university students' views of their parental relationships and personal characteristics…”
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Personal characteristics, relationship quality, and social support perceptions and behavior in young adult romantic relationships by GURUNG, REGAN A. R., SARASON, BARBARA R., SARASON, IRWIN G.

“…This study investigated three questions: (1) Do both personal characteristics and perceived qualities of romantic relationships contribute to…”
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Investigating the Antecedents of Perceived Social Support: Parents' Views of and Behavior Toward Their Children by Sarason, Barbara R, Pierce, Gregory R, Bannerman, Ann, Sarason, Irwin G

“…College students' perceptions of generalized social support were investigated from a developmental perspective. University students ( N = 262) completed…”
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Experimentally Provided Social Support by Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R

“…In this study, subjects differing in assessed social support were given experimentally provided support or were in a control condition. For measures of both…”
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Increasing Participation of Blood Donors in a Bone-Marrow Registry by Sarason, Irwin G, Sarason, Barbara R, Slichter, Sherrill J, Beatty, Patrick G, Meyer, Dolores M, Bolgiano, Douglas C

“…In an experiment to increase recruitment of unrelated bone-marrow donors, Ss were selected from a list of people who had donated blood within the past 24…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue by Sarason, Irwin G., Sarason, Barbara R.

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Introduction to the Special Issue by Sarason, Irwin G., Sarason, Barbara R.

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