Social Support as a Way of Coping with Poverty

Silva, Lorena Brito da; Feitosa, Maria Zelfa de Souza; Nepomuceno, Bárbara Barbosa; Silva, Alexsandra Maria Sousa; Ximenes, Verônica Morais; Bomfim, Zulmira Áurea Cruz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24292-3_9

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“…Sin embargo, el concepto de apoyo social es difícil de definir y existe una falta de consenso respecto a lo que significa exactamente el término, debido principalmente a la existencia de muchas definiciones diferentes y a la naturaleza multidimensional del constructo (da Silva et al, 2019). Lin (1986) tomó las propuestas más aceptadas y las sintetizó en lo que generalmente se considera como una de las definiciones más completas y aceptadas hasta la fecha (González & Mercado, 2019): las provisiones instrumentales y/o expresivas percibidas o reales proporcionadas por la comunidad, las redes sociales y las personas de confianza.…”

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The predictive power of social support's sources and types for school engagement

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Fernández²,

Mateos³

et al. 2023

EducXX1

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Social support has been found to play a key role in certain adolescent school behaviours and it is widely accepted that it fosters school engagement. On the contrary, more recent theoretical contributions regarding the principal sources and types of social support during adolescence suggest that this relationship may vary. To respond to this gap in the research the aim of the present study is to determine the predictive power of social support for school engagement (behavioural, emotional and cognitive) in accordance with the source (family, friends, and teachers) and type (emotional, material and informational) of the support provided to determine the most influential ones and to test through a structural model the combined statistical effect of both perspectives. Participants were 323 compulsory secondary school students from the Basque Autonomous Community, aged between 13 and 18 years (M = 14.41, SD = 1.18), being 40% boys and 60% girls. Participants completed two questionnaires, one measuring perceived social support and one measuring school engagement. The results of the present study show that perceived support from all sources and all types of support predict at least one of the three dimensions of school engagement. The results also indicate that support from teachers and emotional support were the source and type of support (respectively) that most strongly predicted school engagement, whose combined effect has been tested using SEM methodology. These findings may be particularly useful for designing future educational intervention programmes that seek to foster school engagement through social support. For example, intervention designs focusing on encouraging certain changes in teachers’ practice to foster a learning experience based on closer relations characterised by trust and recognition are suggested.

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The predictive power of social support's sources and types for school engagement

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Social Support, Depression and Self-Reported Physical Health in Persons Waiting for Access to Subsidized Housing

Woodhall-Melnik,

Lamont,

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et al. 2024

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Housing is a pervasive determinant of physical and mental health. Studies indicate the importance of social support to the mental and physical health of individuals who are unhoused; however, to date, little is known about this relationship in persons who are housed in unaffordable accommodations. As the demand for subsidized housing continues to increase far beyond sustainable levels in many countries, investigations of the implications of social support on the health and wellbeing of those waiting for access to subsidized accommodations becomes important to generate evidence-based policy responses. Using data from the NB Housing Study, this paper presents an analysis of the relationships between perceived social support, depression, and self-reported physical health in individuals who wait for access to subsidized housing in New Brunswick, Canada ( n = 271). Hierarchical linear regression of Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3) scores on Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 10 (CES-D-10) scores and of OSSS-3 scores on self-reported physical health scores finds increases in social support are associated with decreased depression ( F [1, 260] = 26.34, p < .001, R2 = .32) and greater physical health ( F [1, 260] = 7.62, p = .006, R2 = .15). The findings indicate a need to focus on health interventions that improve mental and physical health alongside social support. Implications for programming, policy, and future research are discussed.

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Social Support as a Way of Coping with Poverty

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The predictive power of social support's sources and types for school engagement

The predictive power of social support's sources and types for school engagement

Social Support, Depression and Self-Reported Physical Health in Persons Waiting for Access to Subsidized Housing

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