“We Know What They’re Going Through”: Social Support from Similar versus Significant Others

IF 1.2 4区社会学 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Sociological Quarterly Pub Date : 2020-10-07 DOI:10.1080/00380253.2020.1802360

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Abstract

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.

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“我们知道他们正在经历什么”:来自相似的人与重要的人的社会支持

摘要压力研究忽略了类似的其他支持的可能重要性——来自经历过个人压力源的人的帮助。从理论上讲，类似的其他支持应该提供不同类型的援助，并且比重要的其他支持更受重视，因为它能密切应对陷入困境的人面临的挑战。同行支持者（N=84）接受了采访，从两个角度了解重要和相似的其他人的帮助，一个是住院接受心脏手术时的支持，另一个是目前心脏病患者的支持提供者。从这两个角度来看，类似的其他援助被认为是不同的，更有帮助。这些支持来源对陷入困境的个人福祉的相对贡献值得未来研究。

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