Standard versus prosocial online support groups for distressed breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial

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[7] Roberts H(2001)Social exchange and well-being: is giving better than receiving? Psychol Aging 16 511-523

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[1] Helgeson VS(1996)Social support and adjustment to cancer: reconciling descriptive, correlational, and intervention research Health Psychol 15 135-148

[2] Cohen S(1982)Breast cancer: varied perceptions of social support in the illness experience Soc Sci Med 16 483-491

[3] Peters-Golden H(2003)Evaluation of an internet support group for women with primary breast cancer Cancer 97 1164-1173

[4] Winzelberg AJ(2001)Effect of computer support on younger women with breast cancer J Gen Intern Med 16 435-445

[5] Classen C(2005)Randomized pilot of a self-guided internet coping group for women with early-stage breast cancer Ann Behav Med 30 54-64

[6] Alpers GW(1965)The helper-therapy principle Social Work 10 27-32

[7] Roberts H(2001)Social exchange and well-being: is giving better than receiving? Psychol Aging 16 511-523

[8] Koopman C(2005)Altruism relates to health in an ethnically diverse sample of older adults J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60 P143-152

[9] Adams RE(1999)Giving and receiving help: interpersonal transactions in mutual-help meetings and psychosocial adjustment of members Am J Community Psychol 27 841-868

[10] Ernst H(2003)Altruistic social interest behaviors are associated with better mental health Psychosom Med 65 778-785