Jane has been struggling with anger control and impulsivity. She has made extreme attempts to avoid real or imagined abandonment, and often feels displays suicidal behavior. She constantly feels empty. Jane appears to meet the criteria for

Research on social support has shown

a. that the buffering effect of social support is limited to women. b. the link between social support and better health outcomes has been found only in the U.S. and Canada. c. that perception of quality of support is more strongly related to health than the amount of contact with others. d. that well-intentioned social support has only beneficial effects on the recipient.

According to Erikson, from roughly ages 6 to 12, children go through a period characterized by a focus on efforts to meet the challenges presented by parents, peers, school, and the other complexities of the modern world. This stage is called

a) inferiority-versus-superiority. b) industry-versus-inferiority. c) social comparison. d) puberty.