Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Research on Social Support and Personality -- Personality and Social Support Processes -- A Relational Schema Approach to Social Support -- The Dynamics of Volitional Reliance -- Coping as an Individual Difference Variable -- Assessing Perceived Social Support -- A Social-Cognitive Perspective on Social Support -- Cognitive Causes and Consequences of Perceived Social Support -- Social Support, Personality, and Mental and Physical Health -- Social Support, Coping, and Psychological Adjustment -- Social Support and Personality in Depression -- Social Support, Personality, and Life Stress Adjustment -- Social Support in Marriage -- Personality and the Marital Context -- Social Support -- Social Support, Self-Esteem, Social Conformity, and Gregariousness -- Social Support and Feelings of Personal Control in Later Life -- Social Support, Personality, and Supportive Interactions -- Adult Attachment Patterns and Social Support Processes -- Personality and Help Seeking -- Social Support, Stress, and Personality -- Personality and the Provision of Support -- Openness to Emotion as Predictor of Perceived, Requested, and Observer Reports of Social Support.