The phrase "the study supported" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the findings or conclusions of a research study that corroborate a particular hypothesis or theory.
Example: "The study supported the hypothesis that regular exercise improves mental health."
Alternatives: "the research confirmed" or "the findings backed".
In the study, supported by the Earthwatch Institute, that tactic reduced the turtle catch by 80percentt.
The study, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council, was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
The study supported the theory of central sensitization and again suggested yet another new approach to treating esophageal hypersensitivity.
Dr. Laden said the study supported what the federal scientific advisers had advocated: lowering the air quality standard below the present 15 micrograms per cubic meter.
Although carried out on a small pool of women, the study supported previous research that showed our bodies can give visual clues about our fertility.
Many of the 16,000 women in the study, supported by the National Institutes of Health, opened letters yesterday telling them to stop the drugs.
Although Williams claims that the study supported the reliability of the DSM, when the investigators wrote up their results they admitted that they "had expected higher reliability values".
Doctors who contend that the measurements are useful said the study supported that position, if not as strongly as some might have hoped.
The study supported the view that both group functioning factors and individual differences are important determinants of social identification.
Moreover, the study supported a hypothesized three-way interaction involving proactive personality, political skill, and workplace ostracism on CWBs.
The study supported earlier suggestions that complicated grief might actually be different not only from normal grief but also from other disorders like post-traumatic stress and major depression.
