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This 10-item instrument contains three subscales measuring affective, confidant support, and instrumental support.
The Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire contains two subscales measuring affective and confidant support.
The subscales are reliable with reported alpha coefficients for confidant support = 0.62 and for affective support = 0.76 [ 31].
Seven items are from the original questionnaire and represent two subscales (alpha coefficients for confidant support = 0.62, affective support = 0.76); the other three items were developed by LONGSCAN to measure instrumental support [ 71].
Mothers receiving enhance care reported a significantly different appreciation of the relationship with their midwife that suggests that both affective and confidant support, notably absent in the group of women in our study who scored ≥ 12 on the EPDS was achieved through the provision of these services.
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Father and son are described as each other's political sounding boards, confidants and support systems.
Trump has named retired general Michael Flynn, 57, a confidant who supports closer ties with Russia, a role as one of his top advisers on foreign policy.
This study's aim was to determine to what degree several facets of social connectedness (number of confidants, social support, interpersonal conflict, social norms, and loneliness) are correlated with depression-related outcomes.
Interestingly, satisfaction in life is also a factor in predicting psychological growth as is reporting higher numbers of social confidants and support.
The presence or absence of a confidant (providing emotional support), and the presence or absence of someone to provide practical support/assistance was then assessed, with the adequacy of the latter item also recorded.
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