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"We Know What They're Going Through": Social Support from Similar versus Significant Others.
- Source :
- Sociological Quarterly; Fall 2021, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p643-664, 22p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Stress research overlooks the possible importance of similar-other support – assistance from people experienced with an individual's stressor. Theoretically, similar-other support should provide distinct types of aid and be more valued than significant-other support because it closely addresses challenges that a distressed person faces. Peer supporters (N = 84) were interviewed about help from significant- vs. similar-others from two standpoints, as support recipients when hospitalized for cardiac procedures, and as support providers to current heart patients. From both standpoints, similar-other assistance was described as different and more helpful. The relative contributions of these support sources to distressed individuals' well-being deserve future examination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL support
SIGNIFICANT others
CARDIAC patients
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00380253
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Sociological Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153737449
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2020.1802360