Psychology (PSYCH08234)

Does Hugging Provide Stress-Buffering Social Support? A Study of Susceptibility to Upper Respiratory Infection and Illness Sheldon Cohen, Denise Janicki-Deverts, Ronald B. Turner, and William J. Doyle Perceived social support has been hypothesized to protect against the pathogenic effects of stress. How such protection might be conferred, however, is not well understood

Operational Definitions: Reliability and Validity Review the information in section #5 of the article summary and in the article to make a short note about what you know about the reliability and validity of the operational definition of each variable Stress, anxiety, and depression - Dutch version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS; De Beurs et al. 2001; Lovibond and Lovibond 1995).

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