List and define four types of support that friends may provide to each other in adolescence. Provide an example for each

What will be an ideal response

Informational Support: advice in solving personal problems; sharing personal problems, feelings, and thoughts (e.g., providing guidance regarding romantic relationships or personal problems involving other friends or parents). • Instrumental Support: helping out with various concrete tasks (e.g., helping each other with homework; lending money). • Companionship Support: being able to rely upon one's friend for social companionship in various activities (e.g., having someone to walk to school with; having someone to be a partner with in a school activity). • Esteem Support: providing encouragement for a friend's success and consoling a friend when he or she fails (e.g., having a party to celebrate a friend's athletic award; consoling a friend who did not pass her driver's test).