Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress.

家庭和朋友的支持有助于减缓压力。

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Other research has shown that social networks provide support to promote mental health and buffer stress.

另外一些研究表明社会关系网有助于人们提升健康和缓冲压力。

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The researchers speculate that friendship helps buffer the effects of stress and boost physiological repair mechanisms.

研究人员推测，友谊不仅有助于缓解精神压力造成的负面影响，同时还能促进生理修复机制的良性运转。

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Hope, Lopez says, may buffer us from stress, anxiety and the effects of negative life events.

CNN: How hope can help you heal

For partners and spouses, "it is vital that they learn to create a buffer between the person's reaction to stress and their own experience, " says Robert Lawrence Friedman, president of Stress Solutions, a Forest Hills, N.

WSJ: When Your Partner Overreacts to Stress

The 7% includes a 2.5% "conservation buffer" to protect banks against periods of difficulty or stress.

BBC: Bank shares rise after new rules agreed