Spiegel and colleagues (1989) randomly assigned breast cancer patients to either a series of weekly meetings to discuss their problems and fears or to a control group. Based on other research on social support, what would you expect to happen in this experiment? Women who met in groups would __________.

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Research on social support suggests that individuals who receive emotional support tend to experience less stress and better health outcomes. Therefore, it is likely that the breast cancer patients who met in a group and discussed their problems and fears experienced better emotional support and would feel better and live longer as a result.

Spiegel and Colleagues (1989) Randomly Assigned Breast Cancer Patients to Either