This structure supports functional aspects (psychosocial mechanisms, which include social support) that, in turn, influence health via psychological and physiological pathways.
Similar NET induction by ACPA-positive and -negative RA sera and its abrogation by IgG depletion, as discussed earlier, supports the functional aspect of the nucleosome measurement in RA serum.
Levels of social support were measured using the Duke/UNC Functional Social support (DUFSS) questionnaire, designed to measure functional aspects of social support within a primary care setting [ 33].
Furthermore, structural (small social network or not being married/cohabiting) but not functional aspects of support (lack of perceived support) predicted all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and explained approximately one-fourth of the association between SES and mortality.
Social support is a multi-dimensional construct and both the structural and functional aspects of support should be measured.
As for functional aspects of family support, we examined both quantity and different types of support older parents provided and received from their children.
The social support instrument used in our study (i.e., the MSPSS) is heavily focused in measuring the functional aspects of social support, by investigating the strength and the quality of patient's relationships with family members, friends and significant others in his/her life.
Our findings provide support for the belief that specific functional aspects of attentional control in language processing involve widely distributed but distinctive cortical systems, with mechanisms associated with the control of perceptual selectivity involving primarily parietal and inferior frontal sites and executive function engaging specific sites in frontal cortex.
Multiple regression correlational analyses suggested that both the stable and changing components of extraversion influence structural and functional aspects of social support.
Efficace et al (2012) included a patient-reported questionnaire focused on the functional aspects of social support and measuring the strength and quality of patients' relationships with family, friends, and significant others.
