instrumental support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinstrumentalandsupport
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instrumental
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/
formal
If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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Examplesofinstrumental support
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The gender divide within marriages is shown by more husbands than wives receiving expressive orinstrumentalsupportfrom their spouse.
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The modified extended family, supplemented by friendships, provides substantial expressive andinstrumentalsupportbut many do not expect informal care.
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These patterns suggest first reliance on close family, particularly women, for this kind ofinstrumentalsupport.
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To assess the standards for support, respondents were asked to indicate whether widow(er)s needed someone for emotional support,instrumentalsupportor social companionship.
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To summarise the findings, financial andinstrumentalsupportare first considered separately.
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Instrumentalsupportwas most likely to be given to 80-85 year-olds.
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The mutual exchange of financial andinstrumentalsupportbetween grandparents and grandchildren was practically nonexistent - there were only 10 cases of exchanged support.
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Instrumentalsupportrefers to assistance with material tasks or meeting physical needs.
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The affective base forinstrumentalsupportis suggested by the predominance of daughters in care expectations notwithstanding traditional prescripts to rely on sons.
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From an elder's point of view, even infrequent contacts andinstrumentalsupportfrom distant children affirmed their familial bonds and reputations in the community.
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They found that, by contrast, grandparents received expressive andinstrumentalsupportfrom adult grandchildren.
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Characterised by the giving and receiving of emotional andinstrumentalsupport.
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Normally a spouse can and if needed will provide (longterm) emotional as well asinstrumentalsupport.
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The analysis reported in this paper has several limitations, not least that it has been confined to financial andinstrumentalsupport.
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Yet, the extent to which physical impairment was disabling was mediated by the availability ofinstrumentalsupport.
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In addition, the questionnaire included six items oninstrumentalsupportfrom family, friends, and neighbors.
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Perceivedinstrumentalsupportexchanges in relationships between elderly parents and their adult children : normative and structural explanations.
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The overwhelming majority of older people live with adult children (most often sons if available) and alternative sources of financial andinstrumentalsupportare scarce.
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Exchanges pertained to financial, emotional andinstrumentalsupport.
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