Barbara R Sarason

Biographic Data

ID130262
NAMEBarbara R Sarason
GIVEN NAMESBarbara R
FAMILY NAMESarason
SIGNATURESARASON B R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS977
AUTHOR COUNT28
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX14

  • Introduction to the Special Issue

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R SarasonARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2009

  • Social support: Mapping the construct

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R SarasonARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2009Cited by: 43References: 10

    Social support is a construct with multiple dimensions that can be approached at multiple levels. Findings from a variety of disciplines and recognition of its bidirectional nature can help map the construct. Bidirectionality is a process that requires attention to moderators, such as, gender, cultural change, and personal development, together with the relationship between the receiver and the provider of support. Both close personal ties and we…

  • Social Support and Adjustment to a Novel Social Environment

    Open AccessToshi A Furukawa, Toshiaki Furukawa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…1998

    The present article aims to examine the ways in which social support may affect the adaptation of individuals to a novel social environment. A distinctive feature of this research was the assessment of social support both before and after entering a completely new network of social relationships. A cohort of international exchange high school students (N = 242) was administered a battery of self-report ques tionnaires dealing with personality tra…

  • Personal characteristics, relationship quality, and social support perceptions and behavior in young adult romantic relationships

    Open AccessRegan A R Gurung, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships1997

    This study investigated three questions: (1) Do both personal characteristics and perceived qualities of romantic relationships contribute to partners’perceptions of support? (2) Do these variables predict supportive behavior in partner interactions that can be observed by others? (3) How do situational characteristics affect the predictors of observed supportive behavior? Eighty‐six university undergraduates and their romantic partners completed…

  • Assessing the Quality of Personal Relationships

    Open AccessGregory R Pierce, Irwin G Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1997Cited by: 35References: 11

    We report two studies investigating the psychometric properties and construct validity of the Quality of Relationships Inventory (QRI), a self-report measure of support, conflict, and depth in specific family and peer relationships. Study 1 showed that the QRI scales possess high internal consistency, are stable across a period of 1 year, show moderate agreement between participants' perceptions of the same relationship, and predict depressive sy…

  • Handbook of Social Support and the Family

    Jacki Fitzpatrick, Gregory R Pierce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1997

  • Handbook of Social Support and the Family

    Open AccessGregory R Pierce, Barbara R Sarason et al.BOOKHandbook of Social Support and…1996

  • Views of the Future

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality1996

  • The Future of Personality

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality1996

  • Simultaneous Assessment of Perceived Global and Relationship-Specific Support

    Open AccessDouglas M Brock, Irwin G Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1996Cited by: 20References: 15

    Perceived global social support and support from specific relationships are not synonymous, yet existing measures typically assess only one or the other. However, it might be possible to simultaneously assess both using the same instrument. In two studies, the reliability and validity of scores derived for specific relationship categories from the Social Support Questionnaire were examined. Separate scores were developed for mother, father and a …

  • Introduction: How Should We Study Relationships

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1995Cited by: 2

  • Social and Personal Relationships: Current Issues, Future Direction

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1995Cited by: 5

  • Social Support: Global and Relationship-Based Levels of Analysis

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1994Cited by: 21References: 25

    This article reviews the development of a program of research on social support. It began with the construction of an instrument to assess overall support and determination of its correlation with various indicators of adjustment and performance. This led to inquiries into how people at different support levels behave socially and how they perceive the behavior of others. The results of these studies led, in turn, to focusing attention on the rel…

  • Investigating the antecedents of perceived social support: Parents' views of and behavior toward their children

    Barbara R Sarason, Gregory R Pierce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1993Cited by: 10

    College students' perceptions of generalized social support were investigated from a developmental perspective. University students (N=262) completed questionnaires concerning general and relationship-specific social support. Questionnaires were mailed to students' parents and a sibling. Student reports of past and present parental relationships predicted parents' questionnaire return. Parents' views of students' personal characteristics predicte…

  • General and specific support expectations and stress as predictors of perceived supportiveness: An experimental study

    Gregory R Pierce, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1992Cited by: 20

  • Perceived social support and working models of self and actual others

    Barbara R Sarason, Gregory R Pierce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1991Cited by: 24

    Etude des relations entre le soutien social percu et (a) les perceptions de soi et des autres et (b) la perception de soi par les autres. Le role de la personnalite et des relations personnelles dans le soutien social percu est discute

  • General and relationship-based perceptions of social support: Are two constructs better than one

    Gregory R Pierce, Irwin G Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1991Cited by: 59

  • Social Support: The Search for Theory

    Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Clinical…1990

    Social support research has suffered from a constricted range of methodological approaches and poorly developed theory. A more theory-driven approach would not only be conceptually valuable, but would also provide impetus for the methodological improvements needed for empirical advances. The time has come for a diversity of approaches that ultimately can be integrated so as to reflect the complex phenomena currently being explored under the rubri…

  • Social Support and Interactional Processes: A Triadic Hypothesis

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Gregory R Pierce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1990Cited by: 37References: 6

    A theoretical view suggests that the impact of social support is based on interactions among three variables: (1) motivations and expectations of providers and recipients, (2) the nature of the relationships in which the supportive exchanges occur and (3) the type of situation at which the supportive behaviors are directed. We discuss research findings that illustrate the need for such an interactional approach to clarify conflicting findings and…

  • Interrelations of social support measures: Theoretical and practical implications

    Barbara R Sarason, Edward N Shearin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1987Cited by: 37

  • A Brief Measure of Social Support: Practical and Theoretical Implications

    Open AccessIrwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…1987Cited by: 206References: 21

    Two studies leading to the development of a short form of the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) are reported. In Study 1 three items selected for high correlations with the total score (SSQ3) were administered to 182 university students together with several personality measures. SSQ3 had acceptable test-retest reliability and correlations with personality variables similar to those of the SSQ. Internal reliability was marginal although acceptab…

  • Social support as an individual difference variable: Its stability, origins, and relational aspects

    Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1986Cited by: 86

  • Recording and recall of personal events: Effects on cognitions and behavior

    Irwin G Sarason, Earl H Potter et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1986Cited by: 1

  • Experimentally provided social support

    Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R SarasonARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1986Cited by: 9

  • Cognitive interference: Situational determinants and traitlike characteristics

    Irwin G Sarason, Barbara R Sarason et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…1986Cited by: 5