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Chin, Christina Suzanne. "Social support for adolescents' artistic activities /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2004. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Westin, Deborah A. "Social Support during the Academic Transition of International Students in Ph.D. Programs." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1901.

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Ruddy, Kyrianna. "The dynamics of social support support and strain of informal relationships of foster children /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 61 p, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1459917271&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=8331&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Smith, Kirsten Ailsa. "Exploring personalised emotional support." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=231019.

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This thesis explores how a computer could facilitate emotional support, focusing on the user group of informal carers. Informal carers are people who provide regular mental or physical assistance to another person, who could not manage without them, without formal payment. They save the UK £132 billion per year. However, many carers find themselves isolated by their caring commitments and may suffer from mental and physical health problems. Good emotional support can help reduce the negative effects of stress. We explore how an Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) could provide suitable emotional support to carers; how this emotional support should be adapted to the situation and personality of the carer; and how to add emotional context to support messages. To do this, we create a corpus of emotional support messages of different types and devise an algorithm that selects which type of emotional support to use for different types of stress. We investigate whether to adapt emotional support to personality, developing a novel method of measuring personality using sliders. We explore the identity of the support-giver and find that this affects the perceived supportiveness of an emotional support message. We investigate how emoticons add emotional context to messages, developing a proposed set of emoticons that depict core emotions that people use online. We find that gift emoticons can be used to enhance emotional support messages by representing an effort to 'cheer up' the carer. Finally, we explore how emotional support messages could be used by an IVA in six interviews with carers. Overall, we find that an IVA that helps a carer keep in contact with their personal social network and offers emotional support messages would be well-received by carers, but further work needs to be done to implement it within the framework of existing social media.
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Metha, Naiyana. "Social support and quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=192173.

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Johns, Edward M. "Drag families in Hawai'i: Exploration of Mahuwahine social support systems. /." University of Hawai'i at Hilo, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1848642411&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=23658&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Henning, Nicholas Simon. ""Keeping the vision" collaborative support for social justice teaching and transformational resistance /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1973586431&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ayres, Melanie M. "Adolescent girls' experiences with sexism, racism, and classism : the role of social support from parents and friends /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Haithcox, Melissa June. "Social Support Experiences of HIV Positive HIV/AIDS Coalition Participants: A Grounded Theory Approach." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1967938551&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Graham, Laura Fowler. "An evaluation of leadership roles and social capital in Northern Ireland's victim support groups : theory, policy and practice." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=196014.

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This thesis investigates the functions and roles of victim support groups and their leaders in Northern Ireland. In doing so, this thesis employs social capital theory as a conceptual apparatus for understanding leadership roles and the functions of victim support groups. This thesis is the product of a qualitative case study of victim leaders in Northern Ireland. The data was collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews with victim support group leaders and policymakers. In the findings chapters of this thesis, a typology of leadership emerges from the data, revealing three distinct types of leaders – Shepherds, In Loco Parentis and Social Innovators – that help explain the roles of victim leaders and the reasons why they engage in certain types of group activities over others, specifically, activities which contribute to bonding, constriction or bridging social capital. The findings reveal that one of the main roles of victim leaders centers around the bonding and bridging of social capital in their groups. Consequently, around 80 percent of victim support groups were found to be bonding, whereas only 20 percent of groups were bridging. Moreover, around 20 percent of victim support groups were engaged in dysfunctional bonding, possibly leading to constriction. These findings have negative implications for the social inclusion of victims, as well as the social cohesion of wider society. This thesis argues that the reasons why victim groups bond, bridge or constrict is directly related to two factors: the type of leadership employed in each group and government policies and funding strategies that reinforce exclusivity and fail to encourage bridging. This thesis also makes significant contributions to the scholarly literature on Northern Ireland’s victims, government policy and social capital theory. The conclusion of this thesis argues that social capital theory and constrict theory both fail to fully explain the roles of victim groups and their leaders because the conceptualizations of these theories do not take into account the effects of leadership in groups and social trust that has been traumatized by protracted political violence. Thus, this thesis re-conceptualizes social capital theory and constrict theory by adding traumatized trust and leadership as important variables which help explain the roles of victim support groups and their leaders in divided and transitional settings. Finally, this thesis offers suggestions for policymakers and victim leaders on a social capital strategy that aims to increase positive forms of social capital and discourage constriction.
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Justice, Cheryl A. "An exploratory study of the social and psychological experiences of freshman who are receiving academic support /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2009. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1799143071&SrchMode=1&sid=6&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1269365285&clientId=22256.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Mississippi, 2009.
Typescript. Vita. "May 2009." Dissertation chair: Dr. William B. Kline Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-161). Also available online via ProQuest to authorized users.
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Sunderlin, Colleen Marie. "The relationship between risk, hardiness and social support on perceived quality of life among individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia." Related electronic resource:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1407687411&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=3739&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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O'Connell, Maureen M. "Relationships among social support, perceived life threat, negative schemas, coping, PTSD symptoms, and adversarial growth in trauma survivors /." Available to subscribers only, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1562673991&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ortiz, Yesenia. "The influence of perceived social support, academic self-concept, academic motivation, and perceived university environment on academic aspirations /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1404349151&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ferrell, Natasha Shantel. "Evaluating the relationship between treatment integrity, social acceptability, and behavior outcomes within a school-wide positive behavior support system." Diss., UC access only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=62&did=1905733931&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1270228113&clientId=48051.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-71). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
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Anderson, Donna. "Social support, quality of life and impact of illness on quality of life following myocardial infarction of coronary by-pass surgery /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=737023791&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=9268&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Umezawa, Yoshiko. "Impact of social and religious support on health-related quality of life in older racial/ethnic minority women with breast cancer." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1707505931&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Roberts, Jessica R. ""My Friends' Effect on Me:" The Role of Social Support, Friendship Quality and Personality in the Depression of Adolescents and Young Adults." Available to subscribers only, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1966550001&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Piedrahita, Palacio Sandra P. "Examining social support as a moderator of the link between perceived discrimination and psychological health among Latinos/as in the United States /." Available to subscribers only, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1407505171&sid=4&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Swearingen, Carolyn E. "The role of internalized homophobia, sexual orientation concealment and social support in eating disorders and body image disturbances among lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1251836041&sid=10&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-138). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Gueldner, Barbara Ann. "The effectiveness of a social-emotional learning program with middle school students in a general education setting and the impact of consultation support using performance methods /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1453185351&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-164). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Grenville, Jane. "Integrative chapter in support of the award of a PhD by publications." Thesis, University of York, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10997/.

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My published work, in the archaeology of medieval buildings and in conservation studies/heritage management, is concerned with the role of buildings in the life of societies. This integrative chapter reviews this work to date with material written in the past eight years forming the major part of it, but including earlier publications to set the context. In the final section, it seeks to provide a very preliminary integrative theoretical framework.
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Town, James Stephen. "Integrative chapter in support of the award of a PhD by publication." Thesis, University of York, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13270/.

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This chapter draws together work developing, synthesizing and applying a model for library performance measurement in academic and research libraries. The work comprises publications based on reviews of published studies and primary data from surveys and other investigations. The provenance of the work and the ways in which the individual studies are connected and informed by each other and by the author’s previous work is explained in the chapter. The work follows the author’s long-term quest to understand the idea of value in relation to libraries. At the outset of this investigation there was little work and less clarity about the meaning of and methods for value measurement in libraries. The work argues for a measurement conception for libraries that goes beyond instrumental internal data collection to achieve evaluation of the transcendent worth and contribution of libraries. An intellectual framework for performance measurement is provided in the form of the Value Scorecard, with examples of practical measurement applications to populate the framework. The eight publications are described and their contributions to the field of library performance measurement are analysed in the chapter. The published work and the conference presentations on which they have been based have also made a contribution to the debates in the field, and may have potential application beyond libraries.
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Chiu, Grace May. "Why not share the knowledge? how after-school community technology centers nurture community and agency among urban adolescent peer support networks /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1666165081&sid=7&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Wysocki, Włodzimierz. "Agent-objekt model of support for the software dewelopment process : PhD thesis summary." Rozprawa doktorska, [s.n.], 2018. http://dlibra.tu.koszalin.pl/Content/1048.

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Dlamini, Khosie Konkhekluhle. "Library research support for masters and PhD students at the University of Eswatini." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32628.

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The changing academic and technological environment coupled with evolving research practices have greatly impacted the role played by academic libraries within the institutions they serve. This has sparked a global concern amongst academic libraries to re-evaluate their services as a means to aligning themselves to this new environment. As a result, academic libraries are transforming themselves and bringing about new services, particularly focussing on how they can enhance research output by providing support to researchers. Given this context, this study seeks to ascertain the extent of research support by University of Eswatini (UNESWA) Libraries for masters and PhD students at UNESWA. To address this objective, the following critical questions were generated: What are the current services being provided by UNESWA Libraries to support masters and PhD students at the University of Eswatini?; What are the library research needs of masters and PhD students at UNESWA?; To what extent are these needs being met by UNESWA Libraries?; and, If there are library research needs of masters and PhD students at UNESWA that are not being met by UNESWA Libraries, what research support services need to be put in place to address this deficiency? Schoombee's (2014) research lifecycle adapted for library research support was used as a supporting theoretical framework to guide the study. The study adopted a convergent parallel mixed methods approach within a pragmatism paradigm and a case study design. Academic staff members and librarians at UNESWA were purposively sampled whilst a census was conducted for all masters and PhD students at UNESWA. Data was collected using a structured paper-based questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and qualitative data was analysed thematically (by content analysis). The study concludes, inter alia, that despite the various library research support services provided by UNESWA Libraries for masters and PhD students, an expanded suite of research support services to more fully meet UNESWA's masters and PhD students' library research needs, is required. The study recommends that UNESWA Libraries should utilise available technologies and incorporate additional research support services that speak to the research needs of digital age masters and PhD students.
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Guerrero, Pablo E. "Workflow Support for Low-Power Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks." Phd thesis, tuprints, 2014. https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/4283/1/phd-thesis-guerrero-tuprints.pdf.

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A decade ago, the advances in the miniaturization of electronic components made it possible to integrate three fundamental functions into a tiny, battery-operated device, namely sensing, processing and wireless communication. This gave rise to a new family of computers that, when connected with each other in masses, are known as low-power, wireless sensor and actuator networks (WSANs). These networks are the enabling technology of the Internet of Things, a market that is predicted to encompass ∼14 billion devices by 2020. As the initial challenges of the technology are overcome, such as identifying adequate medium access control protocols, localization techniques, and network standards, the range of possible applications has grown up. To date, however, there is general consensus that the existing node-level programming languages do not provide adequate abstractions to implement user applications. Indeed, the predominant approach is very close to the hardware and involves the C programming language (or a variant of it). This makes it difficult for domain experts to employ the technology without a sensor network specialist. The research community has proposed a number of middleware approaches to simplify the development effort. However, these macroprogramming languages mainly focus on data extraction, and not on in-network actuation. In this work we advocate the usage of workflows as a means to define the logic that orchestrates the network activity. With this abstraction, the loop of event-sensing, decision and actuation can be closed, leading to a reduced need for slow and error-prone human intervention in the process. In this way, the whole WSAN loop can be shifted to the network. Our main contribution consists of the conception of a holistic workflow modeling and execution platform for WSANs, together with the design and implementation of ukuFlow, a workflow platform for low-power nodes, that runs entirely in-network, not requiring an external server infrastructure. Secondly, we present the ongoing work on the development of TUDμNet, a metropolitan-scale federation of sensor network testbeds, with which the empirical evaluation of ukuFlow, among many other research projects, was carried out. We have identified a set of operators to compose workflows, and provided a lightweight architecture that controls the flow of such processes with an in-network execution algorithm. We present a detailed evaluation of various performance indicators for each major component of the architecture, including the data manager, command execution, and complex event detection modules. The results of the evaluation show the feasibility of the approach, in spite of the adverse resource constraints and the tough network settings employed. We strongly believe that this abstraction is of practical relevance to WSAN practitioners, while still holding promise to an in-network operation.
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Matos, F. "Change and perception of change in the PhD in social sciences : a case study." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2012. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1338139/.

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Blueskies University is a top UK institution: an old university, very prestigious, and a strong brand. As others it changed doctoral degree programmes in compliance with the Roberts Report, the QAA guidelines for research degrees, and the Joint Statement of the Skills training requirements for research students. These brought the importance of transferable skills to the fore. Universities should prepare students for life outside academia where research skills gained throughout the PhD may not be enough. A strong emphasis on completion deadlines is also affecting the structure of doctoral programmes. In this process the main PhD actors – supervisors and doctoral students – have not been heard. This thesis aims at giving voice to these two cohorts. Therefore I conducted 40 in-depth interviews in different Social Sciences departments at Blueskies University. The PhD experience as well as individual conceptions of the PhD were the main axes of my study. This research concludes that whereas the official skills discourse was widely perceived as being of little value, the views on the 3-4 years deadline were diverse. For the students, many of them gone over the deadline, this was of little relevance. However, supervisors were divided: some thought the deadline was a good thing. Students would have time for creative research throughout their academic career. Others voiced the concern that original thinkers were being rejected from PhD programmes for fears that their research could take longer. This thesis suggests that, for universities such as Blueskies University, the PhD may be losing its intrinsic value which conceives knowledge as an end in itself, and is being chosen for its extrinsic value, that of a passport to academia. It posits that the nature of social research is changing and therefore disciplines are changing too. Finally, the thesis questions whether universities are preparing intellectuals or efficient researchers.
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Yip, Jennifer Yan Wa. "Social support in hoarding." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54558.

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Many people with hoarding problems have never been married and live by themselves. Further, treatment-seekers tend to be elderly, which puts them at special risk for social isolation. Research has established strong links between social support and many aspects of psychological health, but the role of social support in hoarding has not yet been explored. Does excessive clutter drive away people who care? Does living alone provide freedom to accumulate clutter? How social support is provided and received is also relevant. Although family members or healthcare workers may intend to minimize health and safety risks associated with hoarding behaviour, actions they intend to be supportive may be delivered insensitively or inappropriately. Previous research has found that hoarding is a source of family burden and distress. As a result, hoarding may be related to interpersonal conflict. This study investigated (1) social integration, the degree to which someone is involved in a broad range of relationships, (2) perceived support, the amount of support perceived to be available if need arises, (3) received support, the amount of support perceived to have been obtained, and (4) social conflict, which broadly includes a range of negative social interactions. Seventy-eight participants with a range of hoarding symptoms were surveyed online. The relations among hoarding symptoms and four aspects of social support were examined. The effect of depression was considered, as it is highly comorbid with hoarding and may account for some aspects of poor social support. Hoarding was related to perceived support and social conflict, but this relationship was explained by depression. In contrast, hoarding was not related to social integration or received support. This study provides a basis for further research on social interactions in hoarding, and demonstrates the necessity in building sensitivity and awareness beyond media portrayals of hoarding, such that supportive behaviours are delivered in a thoughtful manner that minimizes conflict. Additionally, this study has implications for encouraging social integration and addressing issues of social support and conflict within hoarding interventions.
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Świta, Robert. "System for spatial orientation support of blind people, using conversion of 2D images into a spatial sound : PhD thesis summary." Rozprawa doktorska, [s.n.], 2015. http://dlibra.tu.koszalin.pl/Content/1062.

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Moll, Tjerk. "Enacted social support in sport : the effects of support type and support visibility." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/13101.

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This thesis examined the influence of support type and support visibility on the effects of enacted social support on performance and a number of key psychological and behavioural variables. It comprises five chapters. Chapter 1 is a general introduction. The next three chapters (outlined below) present the results of four studies. Chapter 5 is a general discussion. Chapter 2 examined how support type and support visibility influenced the effects of natural support exchanges between athletes and their key support providers occurring in the week prior to an athlete’s match. Athletes and key support providers reported respectively the receipt and provision of support during this week. Athletes also indicated their self-confidence and emotional states regarding the upcoming the match. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses revealed that all types of received support predicted athletes’ emotional states and self-confidence regarding the upcoming match. There was no evidence that invisibly providing these support types predicted athletes’ outcomes. For informational support, however, it was found that its provision predicted self-confidence, suggesting that athletes’ levels of confidence may have benefited from advice that they were not always aware of. Chapter 3 employed an experimental paradigm to better examine the influence of the type and visibility of enacted social support. Using a golf-putting task with novices (n = 105), it examined the influence of informational and esteem support provided in a visible or invisible manner by a fellow novice golfer. This fellow novice golfer was in reality a confederate scripted to give one of five support manipulations (visible informational support, invisible informational support, visible esteem support, invisible esteem support, no support) to participants prior to performing the golf-putting task. The results demonstrated that participants given invisible informational support or visible esteem support outperformed those given no support, while participants given visible informational support or invisible esteem support did not. There was no evidence that participants’ self-efficacy or emotional states could explain these effects. Chapter 4 also involved experimental procedures across two separate studies with samples of skilled football players completing a football aiming task. In these studies, esteem and informational support was provided in a visible or invisible manner by a coach with expertise in penalty-taking. In the first of these studies, the players (n = 68) performed better when the expert provided them with informational support than when the expert provided them with esteem support. This effect occurred regardless of whether the support was provided in a visible or invisible manner. Self-efficacy could not explain this effect. Given the lack of effects of support visibility, the second of these two studies was designed as a replication and an extension of the first. It sought to further examine why informational support might be more effective than esteem support for skilled football players (n = 84). Consistent with the first study, kicking performance was again significantly better for players provided with informational support than for players provided with esteem support regardless of whether the support was provided in a visible or invisible manner. There was evidence that players given informational support performed better than those given esteem support, because their attention was focused more externally on the target and less internally on the process of movement execution. This series of studies are important for sport and social psychology: They are the first to explore the effect of support type and support visibility in a sport context; and they are the first to examine the effect of support type and support visibility in relation to performance. The results demonstrate that support type is a crucial factor to consider when exchanging support. However, no support type may necessarily be considered the best under all conditions. In light of explaining the effects of different support types on performance, the final study suggests that attentional focus may be an important underlying mechanism. The results indicate that support visibility may play a role in the exchange of support but its influence depends on the type of support provided and the context in which this type of support is provided. An overriding finding of this thesis is that enacted support can have beneficial effects upon athletes’ psychological states and performance.
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Covarrubias, Brandy Marie, and Vizcaya Eloisa Cisneros. "UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG DIALYSIS PATIENTS: A STUDY ON MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS ENHANCING SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/871.

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Patients receiving dialysis treatment experience immense changes in their health and well-being, therefore receiving adequate social support services is an integral aspect of their care plan. Thus, the purpose of this study was to gain an understanding about social support services offered by social workers to patients receiving dialysis care. Furthermore, this study sought to develop awareness about additional services need to assist social workers in providing social, emotional, and physical support to patients. This qualitative study used data from a non-probability snowball sample of 10 social workers that work with patients receiving dialysis care. Findings of this study are significant to social work practice as the analysis provided insight that may enhance current practices in dialysis centers. Furthermore, the qualitative analyses gathered through the one-on-one interviews led to the emergence of seven central themes. Themes anticipated by the researchers included the perception about the ability to provide social, emotional, and physical support, as well as to highlight the role of social workers in this healthcare setting. Additional themes identified during this study focused on reasons for patients lacking social support, the scarcity of resources, and recommendations corroborated with first-hand experiences in the field to better serve patients. Recommendations included increased focus on providing therapeutic services within dialysis, additional transportation options for patients, and greater availability of resources to meet the various needs of patients.
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Brown, Christy J. "Learning Communities or Support Groups: The Use of Student Cohorts in Doctoral Educational Leadership Programs." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2378.

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This mixed-method study explored how students in a doctoral educational leadership cohort at one university used the cohort structure as a learning community or as a method of social support. Survey data were collected from 45 past and present cohort students and qualitative data were collected from three focus groups of 15 participants total. The survey measured four factors: General Cohort Experience, Trust Within the Cohort, Network, and Community of Learners. Quantitatively, one cohort was found to be significantly different from the others in terms of Trust Within the Cohort; and the 60 hour cohorts were found to be more satisfied with the cohort experience than the 48 hour doctoral cohorts at the university studied. The theme of trust and support from and to fellow members both during and after the cohort had dissolved was a strong recurrent theme in this study. Cohort members felt that they developed and strengthened their skills professionally as a result of participating in the cohort; however, they first had to develop a sense of community and trust with their fellow members in order to learn from them.
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Heany, Julia Joy Portwood Sharon G. "Understanding percieved [sic] social support." Diss., UMK access, 2004.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Dept. of Psychology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004.
"A thesis in psychology." Typescript. Advisor: Sharon Portwood. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed Feb. 26, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59). Online version of the print edition.
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Higgon, John. "Attachment, dissociation and social support." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26604.

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Whilst transient dissociative states are commonplace in the face of overwhelming traumatic events, long-standing dissociative phenomena are also frequently reported in adults who have childhood histories of severe sexual or physical abuse. Dissociation itself may take a number of forms, including isolation, adsorption, fragmentation and memory disturbance: the relative importance of environmental and personality variables in determining an individual's "style" of dissociation is unclear, although there is good evidence for a cumulative effect, such that dissociation in the face of trauma is most frequent in individuals who have also suffered childhood abuse. Bowlby's attachment theory may help to explain the relationship between social support, dissociative phenomena and traumatic events in childhood and adulthood. Attachment theory is a theory of affect regulation which proposes that individuals make use of social and cognitive strategies in their attempts to manage negative affect. These strategies are thought to be selected on the basis of an individual's childhood experiences with caregivers and are maintained through the operation of relatively stable "internal working models". Social support is widely cited as a protective factor mitigating against the development of psychopathology following exposure to trauma, but it is unclear whether social support directly protects against the effects of trauma, or whether both perceived social support and adaptation to trauma reflect underlying attachment patterns, as suggested by attachment theory. This thesis examines the relationship between attachment pattern and (i) tendency to experience particular dissociative states and (ii) use made of available social support. Two groups were recruited. These were (i) control subjects with no history of treatment for psychological problems, and (ii) out-patient psychology department attendees with a broad range of psychological problems. Measures of attachment, social support, dissociation, exposure to life events and mood were administered. The results are presented and discussed in light of current theories of attachment, social support and dissociation.
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Pilch, Guy Stephen Sutherland. "Social support among unemployment fishers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0003/MQ41385.pdf.

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Steury, Erin E. "Group emotions and social support." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3278475.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Psychology, 2007.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-10, Section: B, page: 7026. Adviser: Edward R. Hirt. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 21, 2008).
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Northcott, Sarah Ann Jacquin. "Social support after a stroke." Thesis, City, University of London, 2013. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19586/.

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Background: The social consequences of having a stroke can be severe, with social isolation a reported problem. It is little explored, however, what factors predict who will feel well supported and retain a strong social network after a stroke, nor is it well understood why friendships and other social contacts are lost. Aims: This thesis explored: 1) how social support and social network change over time following a stroke, and whether this is different for those with aphasia; 2) what factors predict perceived social support and social network six months post stroke; 3) why people lose contact with friends, and whether there are any protective factors; 4) how the changing dynamics within the family unit are perceived by the stroke survivor. Design and setting: Repeated measures cohort study. Participants were recruited from two acute stroke units and assessed at two weeks (baseline), three months and six months post stroke. A subset of participants was selected for in-depth qualitative interviews 8 – 15 months post stroke. Measures and methods: Stroke Social Network Scale; MOS Social Support Survey; General Health Questionnaire; National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test; Frenchay Activities Index; and the Barthel Index. Multiple regression, ANOVA, correlation and t-tests were used as appropriate. Results: 87 participants were recruited of whom 71 were followed up at six months. At six months, 56% of participants were male, 16% had aphasia, and the average age was 69 years old. 29 participants took part in qualitative interviews. Perceived social support at six months was not significantly different from pre-morbid levels; social network, however, did significantly reduce (p = .001). Those with aphasia had comparable levels of perceived social support but significantly reduced social networks (p < .05) compared to those without aphasia. Concurrent predictors of perceived social support at six months were: a person’s social network, their marital status, and their level of psychological distress (adjusted R2 = .37). There was only one baseline predictor of social support at six months: perceived social support prior to the stroke (adjusted R2 = .43). Concurrent predictors of social network at six months were: perceived social support, ethnic background, aphasia and extended activities of daily living (adjusted R2 = .42). There were two baseline predictors: pre-morbid social network and aphasia (adjusted R2 = .60). There was a significant reduction in the Friends factor of the social network measure (p < .001). The main reasons for losing friends were: changing social desires especially a sense that many participants were ‘closing in’ on themselves; aphasia; loss of shared activities; reduced energy levels; physical disability; environmental barriers; and unhelpful responses of others. Family were generally robust members of the social network post stroke. The spouse was the main provider of all support functions. Nonetheless, beneath the apparent stability of the quantitative data there were changes in how family relationships functioned, including some distressing role shifts, for example, receiving rather than providing support. Conclusion: Contact with family and perceived social support remained stable post stroke. In contrast, a person’s social network, in particular contact with friends, was found to reduce, especially for those with aphasia. Indeed, aphasia was the only stroke-related factor at the time of the stroke that predicted social network six months later. Intervention aimed at addressing social isolation may be most effective if it takes into account the multiple reasons for friendship loss, including new language and physical disabilities, as well as changing social desires.
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Minton, Brandon. "Examining Social Support Seeking Online." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103264.

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Research across healthcare and organizational settings demonstrates the importance of social support to increase physical and mental well-being. However, the process of seeking social support is less well-understood than its outcomes. Specifically, research examining how people seek social support in natural settings is scarce. One natural setting increasingly used by people to seek support is the internet. In this online setting, people seek and provide social support verbally via social media platforms and messages. The present project seeks to further examine the nature of social support seeking in these online contexts by examining people’s language. This analysis includes discovering the common language features of social support seeking. By applying a data-driven content analysis approach, this research can examine the underlying themes present when seeking social support and build upon that insight to classify new instances of support seeking. These results would have important practical implications for occupational health. By identifying individuals who are seeking social support, future interventions will be able to take a more targeted approach in lending additional support to those individuals who have the greatest need. Subsequently, this application potentially provides the mental and physical health benefits of social support. Therefore, this research extends our knowledge of both the nature of support seeking and how to develop effective interventions.
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Research suggests that social support has important effects on our mental and physical health. To this point, though, the process of seeking social support has largely been neglected in research. Specifically, there hasn’t been much research on how social support is sought online. We know that people seek social support online by posting and messaging on social media. The present study seeks to examine the language of online support seeking—this way, we can understand what people tend to say when seeking support. The present study is concerned with the content of support seeking posts; by analyzing this content, we can understand themes that are prevalent in online support seeking. This allows us to better understand support seeking and, hopefully, better identify people in need of support. By identifying those people in need of support, we can ensure that their support needs are met and that they don’t suffer the health consequences related to a lack of social support. Therefore, this research extends our knowledge of social support seeking, both theoretically and practically.
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Lesnik, Susan Martin 1942. "Depressed adolescents and social support." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558035.

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Hobbs, Gaynor S. "Prisoners' Use of Social Support." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1652.

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Manuscript 1: It is generally acknowledged that prison is often a stressful environment, yet little is known of the coping processes employed by prisoners. This paper aims to examine the question of what facilitates and frustrates prisoners' use of social support whilst imprisoned. This question is examined with regards to both informal (family and friends, other prisoners) and 'formal sources of support (professional support services, peer support prisoners, prison officers). The conclusion that was drawn from this review of the literature is that the role of social support in correctional environments is largely unknown and current thinking is based primarily on anecdotal evidence. Future research should examine prisoners' evaluations of support sources so that services can be directed to best meet prisoners' needs. Manuscript 2: Obtaining support is an important aspect of coping with stress. The purpose of this study was to determine whether prisoners' perceptions of the quality of support differed across support sources. Seventy male sentenced prisoners provided ratings of a perceived support for each of nine potential sources of support. Family members were perceived as providing the highest quality of support with prison officers the lowest. Family members were most often used for support and were perceived as the most helpful. Support from other prisoners, family, and workshop instructors were perceived as the most accessible. The data support the intuitive notion that prisoners' access to family is crucial. The data also question the viability of unit management.
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Baker-Thomas, Stephanie G. "Effects of parenting support groups on social support, marital support, and perceptions of infants." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49923.

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This study investigated the relationships among prepartum parenting support groups, social support, marital support, and maternal perceptions of infants. The subjects were 20 prospective first-time parents; nine of the 20 women attended the workshops with their husbands. Subjects completed measures of social support number and satisfaction (SSQ-S and SSQ-N), marital support (MAT), and perceptions of infants (NPI) at three times: prepartum, at one week postpartum, and at 8 weeks postpartum. Social support number and satisfaction, and marital support, were stable and highly correlated with each other at all three times. None of the support variables predicted perceptions of infants. Postpartum perceptions of infants were significantly more positive than prepartum perceptions, most likely due to increased experience with infants. Women with low levels of marital support were significantly more likely to experience Cesarean section birth. The design of this study was modest, utilizing no control group. Results are discussed in light of this limitation.
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McIntyre, Anne Roberta. "The knowledge-in-use of expert and experienced supervisors of PhD students in the social sciences." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1256/.

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This thesis examines what expert and experienced PhD supervisors in the social sciences do well and how they do it. It is set in the context of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) initiatives in the early 1990s to broaden the purposes of an academic research training and to promote timely PhD submissions. Many have claimed that PhD supervisors play a central role in the PhD process and this research aspired to achieve clearer understandings of the expertise involved in fulfilling that role. The research was informed by Schutz's phenomenological analysis of common sense and related concepts. It involved a student survey and six supervisor case studies. The survey aimed to determine the criteria in terms of which students judged supervision to be successful, and to identify those expert supervisors who most fully met these criteria. In going beyond criteria identified by students, the aim of the case studies was to ask how successful supervision could be achieved. 'Expert' supervisors agreeing to participate were observed over several supervision sessions and asked later in interview to talk about the various actions they took in the observed sessions. Conclusions drawn from the student survey and the case studies included a close match between student and supervisor criteria and priorities for supervision. A clear emphasis was placed by both supervisors and students on bridging gaps between student knowledge, skills and motivation at any stage and what was necessary to achieve success in their PhD studies. The distinctive nature of supervisory expertise and the willingness of supervisors to reflect usefully on their taken for-granted expert practices were thought to have important implications for the initial and continuing education of PhD supervisors, the relationships between supervision and formal research training, ESRC research training policy, and future research on the craft of PhD supervision.
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Teoh, Ai Ni. "Dual Effects of Social Support on Cardiovascular Reactivity: Social Support as a Comfort and an Encouragement." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10365/25174.

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The stress-buffering hypothesis (Cohen & McKay, 1984) proposes that social support attenuates cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) in times of stress. Past research which tested this hypothesis has obtained inconsistent findings. A dual effect model of social support and stress (Teoh & Hilmert, 2015) suggests that these inconsistent findings could be due to different effects of social support on CVR that depend on how engaged participants are during a stressful task. Specifically, this model proposes that when people are not engaged, social support encourages, increasing CVR relative to no support; and when people are engaged, social support comforts, attenuating CVR relative to no support. This study examined the dual effect model by empirically manipulating social support and task engagement while monitoring participants’ cardiovascular readings. We randomly assigned the participants (N = 121, all women) to give a speech on either a more engaging or a less engaging topic while receiving social support or no support from two evaluative female audience members. Before and after the speech, the participants completed several questionnaires that included measures of perceived stress and task engagement. Our results showed that, consistent with our prediction, socially supported participants responded to the task with greater CVR than nonsupported participants in the less engaging condition, indicating a social encouragement effect of social support. However, when the speech topic was more engaging, there was no significant effect of social support on CVR. Our findings show that task engagement moderates the effects of social support on CVR. The health implication of a CVR-elevating effect of social support is relatively unexplored and suggests that increased CVR to stress may be associated with positive health in certain situations.
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Nadel, Sarah Alese. "Developing a Social Support Measurement Instrument: A Methodological Approach to Measuring Undergraduate Perceptions of Social Support." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1402180624.

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Vogt, Sonja Brigitte. "Heterogeneity in social dilemmas : the case of social support /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=017600406&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Raymond, Danielle R. "Who Cares? Social Support and Social Network in Depression." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428063501.

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Viragh, George. "Elder loneliness, social support and depression." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=67471.

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A rapidly growing senior population is facing loneliness, desolation andisolation in our ageist society. Age-linked detachment and a number of socialinteractors are closely related to general health, physical condition anddepression.Using standardized instruments, the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russellet al., 1980), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimetet al., 1988), and the Geriatric Depression Scale (Brink et al., 1982), this nonexperimental-study investigated the level of perceived loneliness, socialsupport and the causative relationship of these factors to the presence ofdepression among 50 independent, relatively healthy elders in a Montrealsenior centre.Findings suggest that loneliness is a major predictor of elderdepression. Lack of perceived social support could contribute to sensedloneliness and that depression may be present in healthy, independentelderly.Intergenerational workshops for seniors are suggested to improve lifesatisfaction through social interaction. Further goals are to modify myths,stereotypes and contradictory attitudes inherent to the cohort.
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Black, Hulda G. "NETWORK DRIVERS OF INTERCUSTOMER SOCIAL SUPPORT." UKnowledge, 2011. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/143.

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Customers in a service setting sometimes seek support from other customers; recent research has demonstrated this phenomenon. This research also found that intercustomer social support has a positive impact on consumer health, as well as the financial returns for the company. Given these positive effects for firms and customers, organizations can benefit from fostering social connections among their customers. While past research has investigated the positive consequences of intercustomer social support, little research to date has investigated the firm’s strategic role in fostering intercustomer social support. The current research seeks to understand key tactics a firm can use to promote intercustomer social support. Using network theory, the present research investigates the impact of network drivers on different dimensions of intercustomer social support. Results demonstrate that identification with the company, employees and customers is significantly associated with levels of instrumental intercustomer social support. Further, the number of customer ties, along with the amount of information flow and the strength of these ties, all impact instrumental and social/emotional social support. Last, this research presents the positive effects that intercustomer social support has on various customer, firm and co-creation outcomes. Contributions to marketing theory and managerial implications are also presented.
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Sham, Suk-ying Tammy, and 岑淑英. "Social support for the diabetic patients." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978654.

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