THE SOCIAL SUPPORT SURVEY - A VALIDATION-STUDY OF A CLINICAL MEASURE OF THE SOCIAL SUPPORT PROCESS

Social support is a complex process with far-reaching implications for social work practice. This article presents a practice model of the s ocial support process, detailing its four components (i.e.,provider re cipient, interaction, and outcomes), and a measure of the social suppo rt process based on the practice model and developed for clinical use. The model and clinical assessment instrument should facilitate unders tanding the support process and developing client intervention strateg ies.