Social Support, Social Networks, Social Exchange, and Social Work Practice

Specht, Harry

doi:10.1086/644362

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“…37 Sources of support can include one’s spouse, children, siblings, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and professionals (such as health care providers). 38 Dimensions of social support include constructs such as emotional support, esteem, social networks, instrumental support, and active support.…”

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The Role of Social Support in Multiple Morbidity: Self-Management among Rural Residents

Bardach¹,

Tarasenko²,

Schoenberg³

2011

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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Social support generally is considered a valuable asset that may compensate for health service deficiencies among rural populations. Employing a mixed methods approach, we explored how vulnerable rural residents described social support in the context of self-management for multiple chronic conditions. Participants generally felt support was available, though emotional/informational support was perceived as less available than other types of support. Participants did not rely heavily on informal support to help them manage their multiple morbidities, preferring to call on their doctor and their own resources. We discuss implications of these findings for meeting this vulnerable population’s self-management needs.

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Section: Multiple Morbidity and Self-managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Social Support in Multiple Morbidity: Self-Management among Rural Residents

Bardach¹,

Tarasenko²,

Schoenberg³

2011

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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“…Social support is defmed as the social interactions and relationships that provide individuals with actual assistance or feelings of attachment to other persons perceived as caring (Hobfoll, Freedy, Lane, and Geller, 1990). A related concept, that of the social network, refers to a person's patterns of interaction wh~ch emerge as a result of exchanging resources with others with sufficient magnitude that a commitment to the relationship develops (Specht, 1986). The personal or support network is a subset of the social network, and includes those whom an individual sees regularly and identifies as important in his or her life (Moxley, 1988).…”

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Social Support Resource Outcomes for the Clients of Two Assertive Community Treatment Teams

Walsh

1994

Research on Social Work Practice

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Persons with serious mental illness require natural as well as professional supports to maintain successful community integration. Assertive community treatment programs have become preferred treatment modalities nationally for working with such clients, but their potential for developing natural social support resources has not been examined adequately. In this project, two types of community treatment teams were studied, one featuring the extensive use of group treatment modalities and the other using individual client/case manager interventions, with regard to social support outcomes for clients. Through the use of an ex post facto design and analysis of covariance statistics, it was found that the group treatment sample had developed larger personal support networks. There were no differences between groups in the other three dependent variables including range of social network cluster involvements and levels of perceived friend and family support. The group treatment sample also reported more personal contacts in four network clusters. There were gender differences in network size for the entire sample with males reporting larger support networks than females.

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“…A social network theory approach to conducting a job search (Auslander & Litwin, 1988, 1991Specht, 1986) suggests that social networks establish norms for behavior within a group, including accelerated job-search activity. Social networks may provide information and opportunity that are relevant to becoming re-employed by supplying additional contacts One approach to conceptualizing social capital is weak tie theory (Granovetter, 1973).…”

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Feedback-Seeking and Social Networking Behaviors During Job Search

Yamkovenko

Hatala

2013

Human Resource Development Review

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This paper combines research on self-regulation, social resource theory, and weak tie theory to propose a conceptual model for why some people network more than others when searching for a job. This article explores the hypothetical relationship between social networking behaviors and self-regulatory mechanisms. Specifically, the focus is on explaining the differences in the job seeker's feedback-seeking and networking behaviors and how they vary depending on state and trait goal orientation, motives for feedback seeking, and types of ties the job seekers connect with. A conceptual model of self-regulation and social networking behaviors presents a set of testable relationships that can be explored using correlational and experimental methods. The article also proposes specific research directions for testing the model and discusses the practical implications of the relationships.

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Social Support, Social Networks, Social Exchange, and Social Work Practice

Cited by 41 publications

References 23 publications

The Role of Social Support in Multiple Morbidity: Self-Management among Rural Residents

The Role of Social Support in Multiple Morbidity: Self-Management among Rural Residents

Social Support Resource Outcomes for the Clients of Two Assertive Community Treatment Teams

Feedback-Seeking and Social Networking Behaviors During Job Search

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