Social Support

Question 0

What is Social Support?

Answer 0

Support defined by an individual that communicates info, esteem, aid, and emotional help.

Helps improve coping, decrease impact of stressors, encourage health promo and selfcare

Question 1

What is a social network?

Answer 1

Web of indiviudals direct/indirect realtions involving contact or exchance
structure of interpersonal relations
stressful/supportive
links with surrounding social insitutes

Question 2

What does social support look like?

Answer 2

reciprocal, mutual, gives a sense of belonging, fosters self esteem, positive interaction
mutually supportive communication

Question 3

What is a social resource?

Answer 3

resources that provide support defined by the individual

Question 4

Social support framework includeS?

Answer 4

Structure
Function
Appraisal

Question 5

What is a social structure?

Answer 5

Who indv. determines provides support

usually close relations

Question 6

List of supportive functions?4

Answer 6

Affirmational
Informational
Instrumental
Emotional

Question 7

What is affirmational support?

Answer 7

support that gives sense of belonging, value and respect, involves feedback and appraisal

pets friends

Question 8

What is emotional support?

Answer 8

It is encouraging, listening, reassurance, empathy

caring serves to help during upsetting times

Question 9

What is informational Support?

Answer 9

The provision of info, usually from someone more knowledgable to deal with probs

Question 10

What is instrumental Support?

Answer 10

Practical help, physical

repairing, providing resources

Question 11

What are the four characteristics of Appraisal?

Answer 11

Duration
direction
Drawbacks
benefits

Question 12

What is duration of support?

Answer 12

The time
the stability
length may not reflect depth
helper may turn to helpee with time

Question 13

What is direction of support?

Answer 13

bidirectional/reciporacal
unidirectional/non

recipricol benefits both parties

Question 14

What are categories of Drawbacks of support?

Answer 14

Provider
Reciever
Limited reciprocity

Question 15

What are provider drawbacks to support?

Answer 15

over commitment, over exposure, over protection, over-load

Question 16

What are receiver drawbacks to support?

Answer 16

fear for loss of support, advice that constrains, helplessness, may undermine self esteem

Question 17

What are benefits to Social Support?

Answer 17

timely
matches need
pyschological sense of support

Question 18

What are barriers to social support?

Answer 18

geography 
time/energy
lack of SN
lack of knowledge of resources
Cultural barrier
low self esteem
not knowing what problem is

Question 19

What does social support do?

Answer 19

reduces impact of stressors
promotes self care
helps with recovery

Question 20

What can social support influence?

Answer 20

coping abilities, strategies

Question 21

What do coping strategies influence?

Answer 21

Support sought and recieved

Question 22

What can supportive person do regaurding stress?

Answer 22

alter appraisal of stress
sustain coping efforts
influence choice of coping strategies

Question 23

What are social supports impacts on health?

Answer 23

help maintain health and facilitate recovery
improves all aspects of wellbeing
decreases social loneliness and improves esteem
decreases burden of chronic stressors

Question 24

What are the impacts of social support on health behaviours?

Answer 24

motivate/encourage
provides info/advice
enables selfcare/help
confidence

Question 25

What do community health groups provide?

Answer 25

mutual support
sense of belonging
empowerment
help each other - reciprocity

Question 26

Characteristics of community self help groups?

Answer 26

held in community
low cost/free
hc professionals act as advisory/not leadership
led informally
open membership

Question 27

What may health professionals do reguarding Self help groups?

Answer 27

recruit members/referalls
act as resource/ source of support
set up group and train leaders

Question 28

Examples of community groups?

Answer 28

AA, overeaters anonymous, children with diabetes

Question 29

What does a genogram include?

Answer 29

3 generations

dates, illness relevant, occpuational. geography