When People with and Without Support Groups Are Studied,what Have

question 57

Multiple Choice

When people with and without support groups are studied,what have researchers found?

• A) Support groups are the most important factor predicting social and physical health.
• B) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our psychological well- being but not our physical health.
• C) Social support is important but mostly for those individuals who are at high risk for various physical or psychological disorders.
• D) Having a supportive group of people around us is important to our physical health but not our psychological well-being.

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Definitions:

Psychodynamic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that emphasizes unconscious processes and past experiences in shaping current behavior and feelings.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors.

Major Depression

A mental disorder characterized by a persistent and severe low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by a loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from mental disorders, particularly major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.