Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction: Social Support and Health in a Global
Perspective
(Sheying Chen, Pace University, USA)
Chapter 1: Social Support and Health: An Overview of Selected Theoretical Models for Adaptation
(Marcel Lourel, Anne Hartmann, Caroline Closon, Farida Mouda and Ofelia Petric-Tatu, Health and Work Psychology, Laboratoire Recifes, I.U.F.M. Nord-Pas de Calais, Internal School of Université d’Artois, Mont-Houy University Campus, France and others)
Chapter 2: Improving Research Methodology: Modified Validity (MV), Unidimensionalization, and Multiple Measurement
(Sheying Chen and Xuejuan Chen, Pace University, USA, and others)
Chapter 3: Quality of Social Support among Immigrant Caregivers: Cultural Adaptation Using Ecological Validity Framework (EVF)
(Youjung Lee and Laura Smith, Department of Social Work, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA and others)
Chapter 4: Uplifting Social Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
(Malabika Misty Das and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan, University of Hong Kong)
Chapter 5: Social Support: Gender and Culture
(Ayala Malach Pines and Nurit Zaidman, Ben-Gurion University, Israel)
Chapter 6: Health Behaviors among Pregnant Women: The Influence of Social Support
(Lisa M. Kratz, Y. Joel Wong and Ellen L. Vaughan, Indiana University, IN, USA)
Chapter 7: Social Support for Marginalized Children
(Cheryl Hiu-Kwan Chui, University of Hong Kong)
Chapter 8: Rising of the Daughter’s Role in Social Support for the Elderly in Rural China (HE Lanping, Tianjin University, China)
Chapter 9: Social Support and Well-Being of Older Adults in Eastern Asia: A Systematic Review
(Vivian W. Q. Lou and Nan Lu, The University of Hong Kong)
Chapter 10: Attributions for Poor Social Support among HIV/AIDS Caregivers in Yorubaland
(David Adebayo Oluwole, University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Chapter 11: Social Support as Spiritual Capital of Chinese with Cancer: Towards a Holistic Approach
(Adrian Ho Yin Wan, Pamela Pui Yu Leung, and Candy Hio Cheng Fong, The University of Hong Kong)
Chapter 12: Social Support for Bereaved People: A Reflection in Chinese Society
(Jie Li, Wei Sha and Amy Y. M. Chow, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Index