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Youth–Adult Relationships as Assets for Youth
Published in Marc H. Bornstein, Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Families, Parents, and Children, 2020
Stephen F. Hamilton, Mary Agnes Hamilton, David L. DuBois, M. Loreto Martínez, Patricio Cumsille, Bernadine Brady, Pat Dolan, Susana Núñez Rodriguez, Deborah E. Sellers
Previous studies of social support in interpersonal relationships (Cutrona & Russell, 1990; Wills, 1991) have identified five types of social support: concrete (also called tangible, instrumental, or practical), companionship, emotional, esteem, and advice. These categories served well to group the kinds of support described in the interviews.
Suicide in Doctors and Its Sequelae
Published in Clare Gerada, Zaid Al-Najjar, Beneath the White Coat, 2020
RelationshipsIsolation and lack of social support.Relationship breakdown.Loss or conflict.
Emotional and Practical Needs in Postpartum Women
Published in Rosa Maria Quatraro, Pietro Grussu, Handbook of Perinatal Clinical Psychology, 2020
Wendy Davis, Kimberly McCue, Brenda Papierniak, Christena Raines, Lita Simanis
Social support refers to the social resources that one perceives to be available to them, or that are actually provided to them. Social support might be provided by family, friends, religious communities, self-help groups, mother’s groups, or formally by trained social support volunteers or group facilitators. When providers facilitate connection and utilization of social support systems, they offer a key preventive element in the stressful perinatal and postpartum period. Whether we facilitate emotional support or instrumental support, new parents learn skills to ask for help and also understand that social support is part of a healthy family system. Clinical providers have an essential role and can be effective by helping new parents assess their needs, practice communication skills to ask for help from spouse, friends, and family, or by connecting them with formal social support resources.
Factors Affecting Caregivers’ Burden in a Sample of Greek Family Caregivers Caring for Older Adults
Published in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2023
Ioannis Vrettos, Panagiota Voukelatou, Stefani Panayiotou, Andreas Kyvetos, Anastasios Nikas, Konstantinos Makrilakis, Petros P. Sfikakis, Dimitris Niakas
When older people can no longer function independently, family caregivers undertake multiple and evolving roles to face the rising care demands. They provide assistance to the care recipients in several domains such as household tasks, self-care, supervision, mobility, emotional and social support, health and medical care, advocacy and care coordination. Moreover, they may manage older adults’ property and financial or legal matters or they may participate in advanced planning and treatment decisions (Committee on Family Caregiving for Older Adults, 2016). However, these demanding tasks can have several consequences in many aspects of the caregiver’s life including immune functioning (Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 1991) and longevity (Schulz & Beach, 1999), increased risk for psychiatric and medical morbidity (Kim & Schulz, 2008; Ranmuthugala et al., 2009; Schulz & Sherwood, 2008; Vitaliano et al., 2003), financial problems (Ranmuthugala et al., 2009) and social restriction (Vellone et al., 2011). The multidimensional negative effect of caregiving in caregivers’ life is referred to as caregiving burden that can be defined as “the level of multifaceted strain perceived by the caregiver from caring for a family member and/or loved one over time” (Liu et al., 2020).
Loneliness and psychological distress in everyday life among Latinx college students
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Shun Ting Yung, Yaoyu Chen, Matthew J. Zawadzki
In terms of moderation, for the most part neither familism nor support were significant with the exception of familism buffering the effect of loneliness on sadness. This pattern of null results was unexpected, and we would propose two plausible directions for future studies to consider. First, many situational variables can influence the moderating role of social support and familism on loneliness. For example, the way social support was offered may influence one’s perception of loneliness. The sense of loneliness could arise when a person is in need of help with daily hassles after a long day of work. In such cases, social support with physical companionship might matter more than words of encouragement. In the current study, familism was measured as beliefs instead of actual experience. Participants could report valuing family and familial connections but remain largely separated from engaging in family activities. Future studies can consider incorporating more variables related to social support and familism, such as physical distance to the source of supportive individuals. As such, going forward it may be more important to look at situational and contextual factors that serve as moderators rather than more stable traits. For example, coping behaviors, including the use of entertainment and social media, may provide a temporary relief from loneliness.66
Development and initial findings from the Peer Recovery Coach (PRC) checklist: a new tool to assess the nature of peer recovery coaching service delivery
Published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2023
Kaileigh A. Byrne, Amy A. Mericle, Alain H. Litwin
Figure 2 presents the final PRC Checklist used in the pilot study. Both personalized and generalized support are included and specific types of socioemotional, informational, and instrumental social support activities are outlined. To use the PRC Checklist, PRCs first begin with Step 1(Personalized Support) in which they assess the patient’s specific needs, such as their challenges and successes since the prior encounter, and follow-up from conversations from prior encounters. This information can be documented in the Step 1 box of the checklist. Next, PRCs can use the information obtained in Step 1 on patient needs to deliver Step 2 (generalized support). The PRC should endeavor to offer services relating to each type of generalized social support outlined in the PRC Checklist: socioemotional support, informational support, and instrumental support.