Social Support : A Critical Review of the Literature as it Applies to Black Americans. Occasional Paper No. 26 / Norweeta G. Milburn.

Social support is a significant component of mental health; yet, it has not been examined extensively among black Americans. This paper is a critical review of the research literature on informal social support. The review identifies how social support is conceptualized and defined, the importance o...

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Main Author: Milburn, Norweeta G.
Corporate Author: Howard University. Institute for Urban Affairs and Research
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986.
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Physical Description:75 pages
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