Personal networks, support mobilization and unemployment
Personal networks, support mobilization and unemployment
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个人网络、支持动员和失业
作者：
P. Jackson
摘要措施的社会网络结构和动员工具和表达的支持，从301名失业男子的样本的功能。调查结果显示，人们对有限数量的家庭成员和亲密朋友的依赖，以及高水平的表达支持（例如，71%的样本报告说，有人“让你知道，如果你需要帮助，他或她总是在你身边”）。在一年的时间里，在另外两个场合进行了后续访谈，发现网络结构和支持动员方面发生了重大变化，非家庭网络规模的减少表明更多地依赖亲密的家人和朋友，并从与社区成员的较弱联系中退出。最后，这项研究的结果强调了将时间维度纳入研究的重要性，动员支持后的压力生活事件，如失业。
Synopsis Measures were obtained of features of social network structure and the mobilization of instrumental and expressive support from a sample of 301 unemployed men. Findings showed dependence on a restricted number of family members and close friends, with high levels of expressive support (for example, 71 per cent of the sample reported that someone had ‘let you know that he or she is always around if you need help with something’). Follow-up interviews were obtained on two further occasions over a period of one year, and significant changes in network structure and support mobilization were found. A decrease in non-family network size suggested greater reliance on close family and friends and a withdrawal from weaker ties with members of the community. Finally, the findings of this study emphasize the importance of incorporating a time dimension into research on the mobilization of support following a stressful life event such as job loss.