Social Support

Workplace Stress

Organizational politics – Introduction

organizational politics and organizational justice particularly, procedural justice (Aryee et al. 2004). According to the Organizational Communication, Perspectives and Trends text book, communication is known as “a process of creating shared meaning through the use of signs and symbols” (Papa, M.J., Daniels, T.D. & Spiker. B.K., p.3). To better help understand organizations, we might consider [...]

Psychology Of Stress

Major depressive disorder – Causes

The biopsychosocial model proposes that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in causing depression. The diathesis–stress model specifies that depression results when a preexisting vulnerability, or diathesis, is activated by stressful life events. The preexisting vulnerability can be either genetic, implying an interaction between nature and nurture, or schematic, resulting from views [...]

Social Stress

Self-help groups for mental health – Effectiveness

Self-help groups are effective for helping people cope with, and recover from, a wide variety of problems. German Talking Groups have been shown to be as effective as psychoanalytically oriented group therapy. Effects of 12-step programs exceed those of congnitive-behavioral inpatient programs. Participation in self-help groups for mental health is correlated with reductions in psychiatric [...]

Psychological Stress

Social support – The Concept of Social Support

The term “social support” is often used in a broad sense, including social integration. However, Social integration refers to the structure and quantity of social relationships, such as the size and density of networks and the frequency of interaction, but also sometimes to the subjective perception of embeddedness. Social support, in contrast, refers to the [...]

Mind Control And Stress

Index of psychology articles – S

Sadistic personality disorder& – Safety in numbers& – Sander illusion& – Sapience& – Scale& – Schadenfreude& – Schedules of reinforcement& – Schema& – Schizoaffective disorder& – Schizoid personality disorder& – Schizophrenia& – Schizophrenics Anonymous& – Schizophreniform disorder& – Schizotypal personality disorder& – Scholastic Aptitude Test& – School phobia& – School refusal& – Science and Consciousness [...]