title: Correlates of peer support in a clubhouse setting.
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.
authors.affiliation: Henry Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 11235 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. david.biegel@case.edu
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Biegel
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pernice-Duca
authors.forename: Ching-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D010379:Peer Group; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult