La importante evidencia empírica a favor de una relación positiva entre el apoyo social y la salud y el bienestar de los individuos no oculta, sin embargo, la existencia de problemas conceptuales, teóricos y metodológicos en torno a esté importante tópica de la Psicología Social. En el presente trabajo se analizan algunos de esos problemas y se aborda la naturaleza del apoyo social desde una perspectiva integradora que tiene en cuenta una triple dimensión: la estructural, que contempla los aspectos morfológicos; la contextual, en la que se examina el denominado Sistema de Apoyo Social; y por último la dimensión procesal en la que se analiza la conducta misma de apoyo.
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