A social perspective on resilience: social support and dyadic coping in teacher training

Table 6 Reference persons perceived as particularly supportive during teacher training (entire sample)

Reference persons	F	%
Mentor^a	66	24.72
Partner, spouse	61	22.84
Fellow trainee	60	22.47
Colleague at school	30	11.23
Parent	20	7.50
Good friend	11	4.12
Seminar teacher^b	6	2.25
Sibling	5	1.87
Other (unspecified)	4	1.50
School principal	2	.75
Other family member (e. g., cousin, aunt)	2	.75

F frequency; the reduced number of persons results from the fact that not all of the 307 respondents provided information on the perceived support of various sources of support; ^asupervising teacher at the schools where the trainee teachers are employed; ^bsupervising teacher for specific subjects at the colleges of didactics and teacher education