The ____ model of social support suggests that social support has beneficial health and well-being effects independent of the level of stress. In other words, social support is a good tonic that has a positive effect regardless of stress levels (i.e., in high and low stress situations).

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The direct effect model suggests that social support has positive health and well-being effects regardless of stress levels, independent of any buffering effect. The stress buffer model, on the other hand, proposes that social support protects against negative health outcomes specifically in high stress situations. Therefore, the direct buffer and stress effect options are not applicable to this description.

The ____ Model of Social Support Suggests That Social Support