general techniques for stress

Social support

• reduces lonliness
• practical, emotional, informational and general network 

Evaluation

• constable and russel (1986) job related stress was reduced if you had support from co workders
• kamarck et al (1988) lower bp and hp in difficult tasks if a friendly companion is there
• allen (2002) pets lower the heart rate if you are doing a hard task and they are there
• kulik and mahler (1989) recovery from corony heart disease was faster with social support
• cohen et al (1997) vulnerability to the common cold was highest in those with a small support network
• watson et al (1998) monkey die in isolation = experimental evidence 
• most studies are correlational and measured by questionaire