Survivors' experiences of informal social support in coping and recovering after the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the psychosocial care people receive after major incidents and disasters is informal and is provided by families, friends, peer groups and wider social networks. Terrorist attacks have increased in recent years. Therefore, there is a need to better understand and facilitate the informal social support given to survivors.

Aims

We addressed three questions. First, what is the nature of any informal support-seeking and provision for people who experienced the 2017 Manchester Arena terrorist attack? Second, who provided support, and what makes it helpful? Third, to what extent do support groups based on shared experience of the attack operate as springboards to recovery?

Method

Semi-structured interviews were carried out with a purposive sample of 18 ph

SUBMITTER: Drury J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9301776 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature