0 a person you trust and share your feelings and secrets with: --
a close confidant
1 a person with whom you can share your feelings and secrets: --
She remained a ' sort of confidant to the nieces and nephews ' and was in regular telephone contact.
It is also the place where emotions and inner thoughts can be shared and affective and confidant support is found.
Quantitative gender differences were found for relative support and confidants.
Older persons who declared social support from confidants or neighbours were more helpful to their own household.
The respondents were asked to identify the confidant(s).
These last associations were independent of the other included factors such as marital status and the presence of a confidant.
Even greater differentials were found for support with personal problems and having a confidant.
The findings on confidants show the overwhelming importance of close family members when available.
