Social Integration: A Conceptual Overview and Two Case Studies

Hartwell, Stephanie W.; Benson, Paul R.

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“…Decades of prior theory and research has documented the central importance of social integration and social support for mental health generally and for coping with difficult life circumstances specifically (for comprehensive reviews, see (Hartwell and Benson 2007;Thoits 2011)). In this paper, we focus on the personal support networks of youth, or the set of people that youth perceive to be available to them as potential sources of social support.…”

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Social Support Networks and the Mental Health of Runaway and Homeless Youth

2017

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Abstract:In response to growing concerns about the rising number of runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in the U.S., researchers have sought to improve the scientific understanding of health and mental health needs, as well as the social resources available to these youths. In this paper, we examine the relationship between personal support network resources and the mental health status of a sample of RHY (N = 693) surveyed in metro-Atlanta, Georgia. The results suggest that having more supportive network ties reduces the risk of youth experiencing significant symptoms of a severe mental illness. We also find that older youth and youth who have been homeless for six months or longer have fewer personal support network resources. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our findings for future research and services for this exceptionally vulnerable population.

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Social Support Networks and the Mental Health of Runaway and Homeless Youth

2017

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“…Yet despite concerns that social selection processes bias peer effect estimates (e.g., Billy and Udry 1985), and thus expectations for interventions utilizing them (Ali and Dwyer 2010), no studies of adolescent distress – or social integration –directly incorporate friend selection into models estimating the mutual influences friends have on one another. However, our purpose is not merely to isolate social influence effects by controlling for selection, but also to begin studying the role of distress in friendship processes directly (e.g., House et al 1988:308; see also Hartwell and Benson 2007; Schaefer et al 2011). …”

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The Small-school Friendship Dynamics of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

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Goosby

2012

Society and Mental Health

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Adolescence is a time when depressive symptoms and friendships both intensify. We ask whether friendships change in response to depressive symptoms, whether individual distress is influenced by friends’ distress, and whether these processes vary by gender. To answer these questions we use longitudinal Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis (SIENA) models to study how changes in friendships and depressive symptoms intertwine with each other among all adolescents, boy-only, and female-only networks in seven smaller K-12th grade Add Health schools. Findings indicate that distressed youth are more likely to be socially excluded, though depressive symptoms are also a basis for friendship formation. Moreover, friends influence each other’s mood levels. These processes differ for boys and girls, however, such that distressed girls are more likely to face exclusion and distressed boys are more likely to befriend and subsequently influence each other. Differences in these processes have implications for intervention efforts since the joint selectivity-influence mechanisms may undercut intervention efforts.

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“…One of the most important of these is social support (Hartwell and Benson 2007;Turner 2000). Research has clearly documented the ameliorative effect of social support on caregiver stress (Albanese et al 1995;Beresford 1994;Boyd 2002).…”

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Anger, Stress Proliferation, and Depressed Mood Among Parents of Children with ASD: A Longitudinal Replication

Benson

Karlof

2008

J Autism Dev Disord

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Stress proliferation (the tendency for stressors to create additional stressors) has been suggested as an important contributor to depression among caregivers. The present study utilized longitudinal data from 90 parents of children with ASD to replicate and extend a prior cross-sectional study on stress proliferation by Benson (J Autism Develop Disord 36:685-695, 2006). Consistent with Benson's earlier findings, regression analyses indicated that stress proliferation mediated the effect of child symptom severity on parent depression. Parent anger was also found to mediate the effect of symptom severity on stress proliferation as well as the effect of stress proliferation on parent depression. Finally, informal social support was found to be related to decreased parent depressed mood over time. Implications of study findings are discussed.

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Social Integration: A Conceptual Overview and Two Case Studies

Cited by 38 publications

References 94 publications

Social Support Networks and the Mental Health of Runaway and Homeless Youth

Social Support Networks and the Mental Health of Runaway and Homeless Youth

The Small-school Friendship Dynamics of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms

Anger, Stress Proliferation, and Depressed Mood Among Parents of Children with ASD: A Longitudinal Replication

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