study combined a stress theoretical perspective with theories of social support and social capital in order to investigate … networks consider potential stressors to be less threatening, which leads to a reduced level of stress symptoms and a better …

against the harmful effect of stress on happiness? Moreover, do gender and religious affiliation modify these associations … women and only for Protestants. In addition, an interaction effect between religious attendance and stress is observed for … women only; the negative association between stress and happiness is weakened among those women who report more frequent …