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Abstract
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance such as COMMUNITY SUPPORT is provided by churches, groups, etc.
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14 entry terms
- Social Care
- Care, Social
- Support, Social
- Online Social Support
- Perceived Social Support
- Online Social Supports
- Perceived Social Supports
- Social Support, Online
- Social Support, Perceived
- Social Supports, Online
- Social Supports, Perceived
- Support, Online Social
- Support, Perceived Social
- Supports, Perceived Social
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Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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human only
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History Note
91(83); was see under SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 1983-90
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- Social Adjustment (1969-1982)
- Social Environment (1973-1982)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Social Support. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012944. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012944
- Social Support. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_support
- Social Support. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297111