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. 2006 May 22;1:8. doi: 10.1186/1748-7161-1-8

Table 4.

Examples of statements about the support provided by family and friends

graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "My parents, and mostly my mother, were constantly by my side..."
graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "My mom was helping me always in everything and was making me feel good about myself..."
graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "My friends and classmates encouraged me a lot..."
graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "I was feeling that only my parents could understand me..."
graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "Regardless of the support provided, when I was alone I was thinking about it, it concerned me..."
graphic file with name 1748-7161-1-8-i1.gif "One girl-classmate was criticizing me for not accepting my condition... I believed that she was considering me handicapped, that she didn't think that I will get well, and that bothered me a lot..."