TY - JOUR
T1 - An Examination of Support (In)Adequacy
T2 - Types, Sources, and Consequences of Social Support among Infertile Women
AU - High, Andrew C.
AU - Steuber, Keli Ryan
N1 - Funding Information:
The first hypothesis asserted that women coping with infertility desire and receive more informational and emotional support than other types of support. This hypothesis was supported by both the main ANOVA analysis and the analyses isolating sources of support. As predicted by H2, women coping with infertility desired and received the most support from their spouses, followed by family members and friends, medical professionals, and online sources.
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PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - This study investigated gaps between the supportive communication people desire and receive in the context of infertility. Our findings advance the notion of support adequacy by positioning social support as a dynamic resource that is contributed to from a variety of sources in numerous ways. A community sample of 301 infertile women indicated that they experience discrepancies in the support they desire compared to what they receive from their spouses, friends and family, medical professionals, and online sources. Participants experienced the most discrepancies from medical professionals, and in almost all of these discrepancies people desired more support than they received. The magnitude of the gap between people's desires and what they receive corresponds with evaluations of support quality.
AB - This study investigated gaps between the supportive communication people desire and receive in the context of infertility. Our findings advance the notion of support adequacy by positioning social support as a dynamic resource that is contributed to from a variety of sources in numerous ways. A community sample of 301 infertile women indicated that they experience discrepancies in the support they desire compared to what they receive from their spouses, friends and family, medical professionals, and online sources. Participants experienced the most discrepancies from medical professionals, and in almost all of these discrepancies people desired more support than they received. The magnitude of the gap between people's desires and what they receive corresponds with evaluations of support quality.
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U2 - 10.1080/03637751.2013.878868
DO - 10.1080/03637751.2013.878868
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84899510113
SN - 0363-7751
VL - 81
SP - 157
EP - 178
JO - Communication Monographs
JF - Communication Monographs
IS - 2
ER -