What is it about?
The study investigated how perceived social support varied across single, maternal or paternal orphan, and orphans living environments, such as in child-headed households, on the street, in an orphanage or in a foster home and (2) the study examined the relative importance of sources of perceived social support (relatives/community/adults and peers) and functional social support (emotional/informational/instrumental and social) and its association with emotional well-being and mental distress.
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This study is all about investigating the support mechanism orphans receives after parental death. How do they cope up with the environment around them without parental help? Who offers support and what kind of support is most beneficial to them in terms of their wellbeing.
Mrs Tehetna Alemu Caserta
Helsingin Yliopisto
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This page is a summary of: The Buffering Role of Social Support on the Psychosocial Wellbeing of Orphans in Rwanda, Social Development, March 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/sode.12188.
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