Reciprocal Family, Friendship and Church Support Networks of African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life.
Reciprocal Family, Friendship and Church Support Networks of African Americans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life.
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DOI：
10.1007/s12552-016-9186-5
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发表时间：
2016-12
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Chatters LM
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作者：
Taylor RJ;Mouzon DM;Nguyen AW;Chatters LM
这项研究探讨了互惠支持网络，包括大家庭，朋友和教会成员之间的非裔美国人。我们的分析研究了互惠支持的具体模式（即，仅接收、仅给予、给予和接收两者、既不给予也不接收），以及网络特性（即，接触和主观亲密度）作为相互支持的相关因素。该分析是基于美国生活全国调查（NSAL）的非裔美国人子样本。总的来说，我们的研究结果表明，非裔美国人非常参与与他们的大家庭，朋友和教会成员的相互支持网络。受访者最广泛地参与与大家庭成员的相互支持，其次是朋友和教会网络。网络特性（即，接触和主观亲密度）与参与所有三个网络的相互支持交流显著相关。这些和其他调查结果进行了详细讨论。这项研究补充了以前的工作，家庭，朋友和公理支持网络的互补作用，以及非正式支持网络的种族差异的研究。
This study examined reciprocal support networks involving extended family, friends and church members among African Americans. Our analysis examined specific patterns of reciprocal support (i.e., received only, gave only, both gave and received, neither gave or received), as well as network characteristics (i.e., contact and subjective closeness) as correlates of reciprocal support. The analysis is based on the African American sub-sample of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). Overall, our findings indicate that African Americans are very involved in reciprocal support networks with their extended family, friends and church members. Respondents were most extensively involved in reciprocal supports with extended family members, followed closely by friends and church networks. Network characteristics (i.e., contact and subjective closeness) were significantly and consistently associated with involvement with reciprocal support exchanges for all three networks. These and other findings are discussed in detail. This study complements previous work on the complementary roles of family, friend and congregational support networks, as well as studies of racial differences in informal support networks.