A new look at social support: a theoretical perspective on thriving through relationships.

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Published in Pers Soc Psychol Rev on August 14, 2014

Authors

Brooke C Feeney1, Nancy L Collins2

Author Affiliations

1: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA bfeeney@andrew.cmu.edu.
2: University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.

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