Managing Stress - Evaluation (3)

Social Support:

Strengths:

• Non-Invasive
• Effects can be long-lasting
• Good if stressor is specific e.g. cancer/bereavement
• Improves perceived conrol and self-efficacy
• Inexpensive as it often relies on volunteers

Weaknesses:

• People may resist being helped in this way
• Dependent on quality and availabaility of support network
• Can't be generalised to other situations.