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You conduct a long-term study in individuals diagnosed with HIV. You track their self-reports of isolation, social support seeking, stress-related biomarkers, and perceived stress. You begin to track these measures two weeks after diagnosis. You then enroll half of the subjects in a support group for fellow HIV positive individuals, and half to one on one therapy with a healthy psychologist. You track their isolation, social support seeking, stress related biomarkers, and perceived stress one month, six months, and 12 months after beginning the social support group. You discover that isolation, stress related biomarkers and perceived stress declines significantly over the twelve month period in individuals in social support groups, but not in one-on-one therapy groups. You conclude: