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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Social support theory"”.
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Successful Digitalization of Workplaces: How Social Support Increases Change-Process and Technology-Related Employee Outcomes
… 2022; Momoh et al., 2010; Parker & Grote, 2022). Social support describes the provision of psychological or material resources from one individual (e.g., organizational actors designing the change) to another (e.g., the employee) in a social relationship during times of need (Jolly et al., 2021). …
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Types Of Social Support In Distance Education And Academic Performance At A Southwestern Historically Black College And University
… tensions are eased when instructors practice social support through the building of community. This explanation, referred to in the literature as Community of Inquiry, or CoI (Garrett et al., 2010), attributes online student success through Social Support Theory (Albrecht & Adelman, 1987). The …
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The Lack Of Representation In Leadership At Predominantly White Institutions In The United States: A Qualitative Analysis On The Executive Leadership Pathway For African American Males
… male at a PWI affected their career pursuits. Social support theory (SST) guided the theorical framework and critical race theory (CRT) guided the conceptional framework. Interviews from six participants were used. During the interviews, five major themes emerged: intersectionality, financial …
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How Latinas’ views of campus climate and gender role expectations contribute to their persistence at a two-year Hispanic serving institution
… by the work of Hurtado and Carter (1997) and social support theory (Sarason & Sarason, 1985), various aspects of the college experience both inside and outside the classroom were examined. In-depth interviews were conducted in order to gain insight into those viewpoints that influenced the …
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Social support during pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus: exploring post-natal women’ experiences
… about the importance and experiences of social support during pregnancy period is sparse. Social support not only affects health and well-being, but also influences pregnancy outcomes. The aims of this thesis were to 1) explore and understand importance, meaning and experiences of social …
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Factors influencing utilization and adherence to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS services in Rivers State, Nigeria
… women. Utilizing the Health Belief Model and Social Support Theory, this qualitative study explores factors influencing utilization and adherence to PMTCT services by mothers living with HIV/AIDS in Rivers State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling procedures were used to select 40 study participants …
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Caregiver connect: a mobile application for stress tracking anddelivering support for dementia caregivers
… whofrequently experience severe emotional, social, and financial stresses. Most caregivers juggle their responsibilities with full-time work: more than one in five Americans (21.3 percent) are caregivers, with 70% describing work-related problems caused by their dual roles. Almost 20% of …
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The Experience of Burmese Refugee Students in Higher Education: Blooming out of Concrete
… college students’ resettlement and the role that social support plays in that approach. In order to explore the refugee students’ resettlement experiences and the role of social support, social support theory and conservation of resources theory were used to explain the importance of social …
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A cross-case narrative inquiry of board-certified music therapists' perceptions of therapeutic relationships with stroke patients and their caregivers
… by providing both instrumental and emotional support. Lastly, the relationships between music therapists, stroke patients, and caregivers may be interconnected.
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Understanding the Relationship between People with Physical Disabilities and Their Companion animals
… disabilities (PWDs) have become increasingly supportive over the past decade, people with disabilities still experience a wide range of social exclusion. Social exclusion not only limits the social participation of people with disabilities but also impacts their well-being. Improving the …
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The Relationships Between Stress, Psychosocial Resources, and Mental Health and Adherence Outcomes among Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents in South Africa
… Transactional Model of Stress and Coping and the Social Support theory (Glanz & Schwartz, 2008; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984; Berkman et al., 2000), three research questions were posed in this study. The first research question asked: To what extent are HIV-related stressors (i.e., HIV-related stigma …