Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Health and Social Support from a Gender Perspective
Norma De Piccoli, Luana Ceccarini, Silvia Gattino, and Chiara Rollero (Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin – Italy, and others)
Chapter 2. Sustaining Resilience through Caring and its Gender Differential
Chau-kiu Cheung (City University of Hong Kong, China)
Chapter 3. Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Effects of Social Support: Predictors and Potential Mechanisms
Margit Gramer (Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria)
Chapter 4. Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being: The Contribution of Social Support Beyond Fluid Intelligence and Personality Traits in Italian High School Students, also Considering Gender Differences
Annamaria Di Fabio and Letizia Palazzeschi (Department of Education and Psychology (Psychology Section), University of Florence, Italy)
Chapter 5. The Role of Social Support in Less Studied Context
Nancy J. Karlin, Joyce Weil and Kiley Floren (University of Northern Colorado, School of Psychological Sciences, School of Human Sciences, Gerontology Program, Greeley, CO, USA)
Chapter 6. Social Support as a Mediator of the Relationship between the Religious Meaning System and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults
Dariusz Krok (Opole University, Opole, Poland)
Chapter 7. Social Support, Mental Health and Cardiac Disease
Cristina Zarbo, Agostino Brugnera and Angelo Compare (University of Bergamo, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Bergamo, Italy)
Index