5.5.3 Social Support Networks

• Social support networks refer to the *social connections* and relationships that provide emotional, informational, and practical support
• Emotional support involves providing tangible assistance like transportation.

  False
• Informational support involves offering advice, guidance, and knowledge
• Practical support includes providing emotional comfort during stressful times.

  False
• Esteem support enhances self-worth through validation and positive feedback
• Order the four types of social support based on their primary function:

  1️⃣ Emotional Support

  2️⃣ Informational Support

  3️⃣ Practical Support

  4️⃣ Esteem Support
• Social support networks reduce stress and anxiety, improving mental health.
• Social support networks boost immune function and lower blood pressure
• Order the benefits of social support in coping with stress:

  1️⃣ Reduced Anxiety

  2️⃣ Informed Decisions

  3️⃣ Reduced Workload
• Effective social support networks help individuals build resilience.
• Social support networks encompass emotional, informational, practical, and esteem
• Match the type of social support with its description:

  Emotional Support ↔️ Provides comfort, empathy, and encouragement

  Informational Support ↔️ Offers advice, guidance, and knowledge

  Practical Support ↔️ Involves tangible assistance like chores

  Esteem Support ↔️ Enhances self-worth through validation
• Social support reduces stress, anxiety, and depression by providing emotional comfort and empathy
• Strong social support networks contribute to overall well-being by providing emotional, informational, and practical support.
• Effective social support networks enable individuals to build resilience
• Cultural variations in social support networks highlight differences between individualistic and collectivistic societies.
• Match the cultural type with its key characteristics:

  Individualistic ↔️ Focus on personal achievement and independence

  Collectivistic ↔️ Emphasis on community and family ties
• Social support networks include family, friends, community groups, and other social ties
• Order the four types of social support:

  1️⃣ Emotional Support

  2️⃣ Informational Support

  3️⃣ Practical Support

  4️⃣ Esteem Support
• In individualistic cultures, support networks are small and primarily family-oriented.
• Social support networks are fundamental for fostering community cohesion
• Order the strategies for building and maintaining strong social support networks:

  1️⃣ Proactive Engagement

  2️⃣ Regular Communication

  3️⃣ Offering Support

  4️⃣ Gratitude and Appreciation

  5️⃣ Openness and Honesty

  6️⃣ Active Listening
• Expressing gratitude is a key strategy for maintaining strong social support networks.