Citation

Muller RT, Goh HH, Lemieux KE, Fish S. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2000; 32(1): 1-5.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0087095

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The study examined the specific components of social support reported as most important by high-risk, formerly maltreated adults. This included identifying the kinds of functional social support, as well as the social support providers whom these individuals reported most favourably. Sixty-six participants (24 men and 42 women; mean age 33 yrs) who met conditions for physical or sexual abuse completed the study. The results indicated that adult survivors of abuse report receiving more emotional than instrumental support from the people most important to them. Of the 10 support provider categories, friends were rated the highest. Friends were rated higher than mothers (the second-highest provider category), but this effect was strongest when emotional support was considered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

At Risk Populations; Child Abuse; Significant Others; Social Support; Survivors