Correlates of Peer Support in a Clubhouse Setting |
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Authors: | David E. Biegel Francesca Pernice-Duca Ching-Wen Chang Lori D’Angelo |
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Affiliation: | 1. Henry Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 11235 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA 2. Counseling Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA 3. Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA 4. Magnolia Clubhouse, Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to examine the social support characteristics and correlates of peer networks for Clubhouse members. A random sample of 126 members from one Clubhouse was requested to nominate social network members and asked a series of questions about characteristics of supports provided by each network member. Respondents with both peers and non-peers in their network, three fifths of the sample, had more frequent contacts with peers than with non-peers and were more satisfied with peer relationships than with non-peer relationships. Those respondents also reported that peers were less critical than non-peers. Among all respondents, being Caucasian and having better quality of social life were correlated with having a peer network while higher degree of reliance on others and more Clubhouse visits were correlated with having a Clubhouse network. Longitudinal studies are needed to further investigate the relationship between quality and benefits of peer support. |
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