Qualities of Connectedness and Psychological Resilience in England

英国的连通性和心理弹性的品质

• 批准号: AH/I025107/1
• 负责人: Siobhan McAndrew
• 金额: $ 6.91万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FI025107%2F1
• 关键词: Qualities; Connectedness; Psychological; Resilience; England

The project aims to investigate social connectedness as a complex phenomenon at both the individual and neighbourhood levels, and to feed findings into a collaborative community-based piece of action research with the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA).First, the project would involve the creation of an online interactive map of measures of social connectedness. Provisionally entitled 'How Connected is Your Community?', this will use measures of connectedness based upon data gathered in the first three 'Taking Part in England' surveys run by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport over 2005-2007, to visualise the geographic distribution across England. A prior study of the Netherlands in 2005 suggested that connectedness is multi-faceted, relating to education, political and financial access, personal support, and personal skills. We similarly expect that there may be three or more types of connectedness in England. An interactive online map would help disseminate and visualise such findings in the English context. 'Born digital' interactive resources have been proven to be extremely popular and influential. An important academic example is the 'Vision of Britain through Time' online database, which began life as the doctoral project of geo-historian Ian Gregory (www.visionofbritain.org.uk). A recent influential non-academic example is Experian's map of 'resilience' by local authority (www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11233799). Another is provided by Yorkshire Futures (www.yorkshirefutures.com/pirlive/singlemap/atlas.html). We would expect the resulting resource to be used heavily by academic and applied researchers as well as the general public.Second, the student would provide detailed reports using this data on social connectedness for the seven locations to be studied by the RSA as part of their own 'Connected Communities' programme. This would explain the main drivers of individual-level connectedness as well as exploring the data for neighbourhoods at the middle super output area (MSOA) unit (where population is about 7000) within the seven relevant local authorities. The MSOA was developed to look at the importance of community context for social outcomes, and to be consistent over time, unlike other area units. Analysis of the community context is critical to the project.Third, the student will apply social psychological theory regarding the role of social networks in influencing individual behaviour, to assist in evaluating the RSA interventions. This could involve in-depth study of programme participants, using a 'mixed method' approach combining qualitative methods and psychometrics.The project timetable envisages the student working at the RSA for a period of fourteen months, during which the RSA will be piloting psychological and behavioural interventions to improve connectedness and well-being in seven locations. During this time the non-academic supervisor will schedule a weekly meeting with the student, but will also be available as a colleague to guide research and analysis.The fieldwork, pilots and case studies to be run by the RSA as part of their own 'Connected Communities' programme are integral to the doctoral project. The collaborative nature of the research project will greatly assist the student in applying social network theory, and statistical findings from national surveys, to individuals within unique contexts, adding nuance to findings from desk research. The student will be able to conduct in-depth study of participants, via in-depth interviews and/or questionnaires including a variety of personality measures as well as measures of social connectedness, relationship quality and well-being. The results will form a powerful evidence base to inform the design and delivery of policy interventions, for the benefit of government organisations, charities and the voluntary secto

该项目的目的是调查社会联系作为一种复杂的现象，在个人和邻里的水平，并提供调查结果到一个合作的社区为基础的行动研究与皇家协会（RSA）的一块。临时题为“你的社区是如何联系的？这将使用基于2005-2007年文化、媒体和体育部开展的前三次“参与英格兰”调查收集的数据的连通性措施，以可视化英格兰各地的地理分布。荷兰2005年的一项研究表明，连通性是多方面的，涉及教育、政治和经济机会、个人支持和个人技能。我们同样认为，在英国可能有三种或三种以上的联系类型。一个互动的在线地图将有助于在英语环境中传播和形象化这些调查结果。“天生数字化”的互动资源已被证明非常受欢迎和有影响力。一个重要的学术例子是“英国通过时间的愿景”在线数据库，它开始作为地理历史学家伊恩格雷戈里的博士项目（www.visionofbritain.org.uk）。最近一个有影响力的非学术性例子是Experian由地方当局绘制的“弹性”地图（www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11233799）。另一个是由约克郡期货公司提供的（www.yorkshifutures.com/pirlive/singlemap/atlas.html）。我们希望由此产生的资源将被学术和应用研究人员以及公众大量使用。第二，学生将使用这些数据提供详细的报告，这些数据将被RSA研究的七个地点的社会联系作为他们自己的“连接社区”计划的一部分。这将解释个人层面连通性的主要驱动因素，以及探索七个相关地方当局中超级输出区（MSOA）单元（人口约为7000人）的社区数据。MSOA的开发旨在研究社区环境对社会成果的重要性，并与其他地区单位不同，随着时间的推移保持一致。第三，学生将应用社会心理学理论，探讨社交网络在影响个人行为方面的作用，以帮助评估RSA干预措施。这可能涉及到对项目参与者的深入研究，使用结合定性方法和心理测量学的“混合方法"。项目时间表设想学生在RSA工作14个月，在此期间，RSA将在七个地点试行心理和行为干预措施，以改善连通性和福祉。在此期间，非学术主管将安排每周与学生会面，但也将作为同事指导研究和分析。RSA作为其自己的“互联社区”计划的一部分进行的实地考察，试点和案例研究是博士项目的组成部分。该研究项目的协作性质将极大地帮助学生将社会网络理论和国家调查的统计结果应用于独特背景下的个人，为案头研究的结果增添细微差别。学生将能够通过深入采访和/或问卷对参与者进行深入研究，包括各种个性指标以及社会联系、关系质量和幸福感指标。研究结果将形成一个强有力的证据基础，为政策干预的设计和实施提供信息，以使政府组织、慈善机构和志愿部门受益。