For example, churchgoers might be healthier because they have the social support of their fellow congregants, who can help them when they're sick.
The studies have asked about membership to a religious organization, leading scientists to think that the social support that comes with belonging to such a group somehow safeguards members.
Another company making waves in the social media support space is Salesforce.com, which recently acquired a company called Assistly.
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In addition, if employees don't invest personal disposal time in their relationships outside, with their family, loved ones and friends, they will be undermining the very social support systems they may need in difficult and stressful times.
In this case, they lead us, physically and emotionally, away from the distraction of the social entertainments and support services to the Barnes itself.
The authors also looked at social support the mothers got from their families, and whether they were depressed, stressed, and how generally satisfied with their lives they were.
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And that perhaps, with polls putting Mr Kohl's side lagging behind the Social Democrats by at least three points, the overall strength of support for the Social Democrats' candidate is being overestimated?
"Trying to manage the stress and having social support may reduce the risk of mortality, " says Sareen, who has studied suicide risk and suicidal thoughts among cancer patients, but wasn't involved in the current study.
They need not only the education and vocational skills we provide, but also, and most importantly, the emotional and social support that allows them to hope again. 93% of the women participating in our program have lost family members from regional warfare or localized violence.
The slide in support for the Social Democrats and the Centre mean that his government will need parliamentary help from the radical Left Party and the wackier Green Party.
Given my analytic bent, I was intrigued that one of the strongest factors in the statistical model between peer social support and mortality was the perception of control.
Mothers and children stand to benefit when fathers are actively engaged in the material and social support of their children.
The kinds of social support that might be available at dinnertime or at school lunchtime are often not present when you're the victim of cyberbullying.
Why is it, I asked, have the power firms meekly accepted the government's requirement to deliver Whitehall policy on the shift to lower carbon and renewable power, while funding energy efficiency measures, smart metering and the social tariffs that support poorer customers?
In 2011, as a result of a two-day workshop on Internal Migration and Human Development, UNESCO and UNICEF launched the Internal Migration in India Initiative (IMII) to support the social inclusion of migrants in the economic, social, political and cultural life of the country, using a three-legged approach combining research, policy and advocacy.
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Secondly, as a platform that supports these changemakers, Tides must re-examine its own business model and the broader organizational structures we support within the social change sector.
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What is more, though Hamas is going underground politically and many charities are being closed, others continue to raise zakat, the Muslim tithe, for the social projects that built support for Hamas during its previous years in the wilderness.
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They also want the general to have more liberal support for the social and economic reforms that he has tried with moderate success to push through.
States have an obligation to create and maintain adequate measures at the national level, in particular in the fields of education, health and social support, for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons in vulnerable sectors of their populations and to ensure the participation of those among them who are interested in finding a solution to their own problems.
And while the social networks have the support of the public, they are not as easily harnessed by companies.
But the American people support Social Security and Medicare, and they support an economy that creates jobs for ordinary workers.
He will say that hospitals are at risk of becoming "warehouses" for the elderly as social care support is being cut back.
Taken a few steps further, smartphones, tablets, and laptops -- and the social media they often support -- have the potential to tear couples apart.
Mrs Warner has joined a campaign, which is led by the charity Grandparent Plus, for people looking after relatives' children to receive the same financial and social support as foster carers.
Consumers often face situations in which the law prohibits actions they would otherwise take and support for the old social contract is crumbling.
On the face of it, this looks odd because the Social Democrats won a bit more support there than before and the Christian Democrats lost heavily.
The vast majority of the support Santorum got was from social and economic conservatives on Tuesday, and Governor Romney has to move right to hold that support.
The use of social media and networks quickly turned this into a global campaign, galvanizing support from social media users across the world.
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The LCO also covers housing-related support, social housing tenancies and the provision of Gypsy and traveller sites.
In the last Parliament, the inquiry by the Social Security Committee into the failings of the Child Support Agency forced reform.
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