Review of Communication of Social Support: Messages, Interactions, Relationships, and Community.

Introduction - Brant R Burleson et al The Communication of Social Support PART ONE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE MESSAGES Comforting Messages - Brant R Burleson Significance, Approaches and Effects The Role of Facework in Supportive Communication - Daena Goldsmith Communicating Social Support in Organizations - Stephanie Zimmermann and James L Applegate A Message-Centered Approach Counteracting Task-Induced Stress - Charles H Tardy Studies of Instrumental and Emotional Support in Problem-Solving Contexts PART TWO: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE INTERACTIONS Relationship Specific Social Support - Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason and Gregory R Pierce Toward a Model for the Analysis of Supportive Interactions Social Support Communication in the Context of Marriage - Carolyn E Cutrona and Julie A Suhr An Analysis of Couples' Supportive Interactions Friendship, Gender and Social Support - Valerian J Derlega, Anita Barbee and Barbara A Winstead Laboratory Studies of Supportive Interactions The Appraisal of Spousal Support by Women Facing Conflicts between Work and Family - Marla Steinberg and Benjamin H Gottlieb PART THREE: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS Everyday Communicative Contexts for Social Support - Melanie Barnes and Steve Duck Unsupportive Relationships - Wendy Samter Deficiencies in the Support-Giving Skills of the Lonely Person's Friends Beyond the Ties that Bind - Katherine Miller and Eileen Berlin Ray Exploring the `Meaning' of Supportive Messages and Relationships The Role of Relationship Characteristics in the Provision and Effectiveness of Supportive Messages Among Nursing Professionals - Sandra Metts, Patricia Geist and Julie L Gray The Quality of Relationships Inventory - Gregory R Pierce Assessing the Interpersonal Context of Social Support Epilogue - Terrance L Albrecht Social Support and Community: An Historical Account of the Rescue Networks in Denmark