Social support in a large general population sample over the course of six years

Abstract Social support is an important resource that is assumed to buffer the effect of stressful events on health. The aims of this study were to test psychometric properties of the ENRICHD Social Support Instrument (ESSI), to investigate the impact of several sociodemographic and behavioral varia...

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Main Authors: Andreas Hinz, Peter Esser, Diana Richter, Antje Schönfelder, Heide Glaesmer, Antje Lehmann-Laue, Svenja Heyne, Katja Leuteritz, Annekathrin Sender, Franziska Springer, Heide Götze, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90703-y