Scientists have recognized for many years a postive relationstip between social support and health (stewart 1993). Since the 1970s, investgators have studied the social support if individuals who (a) have experienced myocardial infarction (Miller et al. 1988), (b) were adolescent first time mothers (Dormire et al. 1989), (c) were divorced women with children (Duffy 1989, and (d) were elders with low vision (Foxall et al.1994).