Definitions
The existence or availability of people on whom we can rely, people who let us know that they care about, value and love us"
Social Support
Your friend directly provided you with support to handle an important problem
Received Support
Consists of functional, structural, and combined.
Different measures to assess social relationships
List the Theoretical models of change
Stress prevention, stress-buffering, and direct effect model
Most common and it identifies champions to act as change agents.
Individual Identification intervention
Provision of advice and guidance
Informational Support
Provision of material aid from family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues, members of community groups, etc
Tangible Support
John feels isolated, disconnected, and often feels that he doesn't belong.
Perception of Loneliness
support decreases exposure to negative life events and stressors
Stress Buffereing
Word of mouth, ‘going viral’
Induction network intervention
The extent to which individuals are situated within or integrated into social networks
Structural Aspects
A sense that it is safe to express feelings and discuss with someone who makes you feel better just because he/she listens to your problems.
Emotional support
The existence of and interconnections among differing social ties and roles.
Structural measure
Social support is effective regardless of stress levels support influences social identity directly or indirectly.
Direct effect model
Locates subgroups and departments in the network
Segmentation intervention network
The extent of an individual's participation in a broad range of social relationships, including active engagement in a variety of social roles
Social Integration
You have a friend you enjoy simply "hanging out" with
Belonging Support
Mary always keeps to her self and avoids social contact or communication with people. She also doesn't participate in any social activity.
Social Isolation
behaving more healthily because relationships add greater life meaning
Indirect effect
Change the network (deleting and rewiring)
Alteration intervention network
They are measured by actual or perceived availability of support, aid, or resources from relationships.
Functional Measures
You perceive that your friends will be there for you no matter the circumstance.
Perceived Support
Multiple measures obtained that assess more than one of the measures
Multifaceted measurement (combined)
Best known stress related model
Stress-buffering model
Tactic: Leaders, Bridges, key players
Mechanism: conflict, power, isolation
Individual Identification