Cassel 1976 , lead healthier lives , and feel less stressed out than those without the benefit of a personal social network . Newcomers , for instance , use their social networks to moderate the stress of relocating and adjusting to a new community (Evans 1980 Jones 1980 . Close ties benefit not just individuals , but organizations as well . Oliver 's study on Army social services (1984 ) reported that Army battalions with regimented family support groups had fewer family related problems . Rosen and Moghadam (1989 ) found...











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