Social integration and social support: Moving “social support” beyond the individual level

Felton, Barbara J.; Shinn, Marybeth

doi:10.1002/1520-6629(199204)20:2<103::aid-jcop2290200202>3.0.co;2-4

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“…These supportive behaviours operate at the levels of individual and community (Felton & Shinn, 1992;Thoits, 1995). Social embeddedness refers to the connectedness of individuals to others in their social environments (Barrera, 1986).…”

Section: Contextualizing Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour: Influences on health in First Nation and Inuit communities of Canada

Richmond

Ross

2008

Social Science & Medicine

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Section: Contextualizing Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour: Influences on health in First Nation and Inuit communities of Canada

Richmond

Ross

2008

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Affection and intimacy relate to caring, love, and empathy. These supportive behaviors operate on the level of the individual 22 and the community, 24 and it is the connections between the individual and larger society that provide opportunities for the development of social supports. 21 The caring and respect we receive through our social ties and the resulting sense of satisfaction and well-being can buffer against health problems.…”

Section: Health and Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Support and Thriving Health: A New Approach to Understanding the Health of Indigenous Canadians

Richmond

Ross²,

Egeland³

2007

Am J Public Health

126

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 RESEARCH AND PRACTICE  Objectives. We examined the importance of social support in promoting thriving health among indigenous Canadians, a disadvantaged population.Methods. We categorized the self-reported health status of 31 625 adult indigenous Canadians as thriving (excellent, very good) or nonthriving (good, fair, poor). We measured social support with indices of positive interaction, emotional support, tangible support, and affection and intimacy. We used multivariable logistic regression analyses to estimate odds of reporting thriving health, using social support as the key independent variable, and we controlled for educational attainment and labor force status.Results. Compared with women reporting low levels of social support, those reporting high levels of positive interaction (odds ratio [OR] = 1.4; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 1.6), emotional support (OR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.8, 2.4), and tangible support (OR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.2, 1.5) were significantly more likely to report thriving health. Among men, only emotional support was significantly related to thriving health (OR = 1.7; 95% CI = 1.5, 1.9). Thriving health status was also significantly mediated by age, aboriginal status (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit), educational attainment, and labor force status.Conclusions. Social support is a strong determinant of thriving health, particularly among women. Research that emphasizes thriving represents a positive and necessary turn in the indigenous health discourse. (Am J Public Health. 2007;97: 182797: -183397: . doi:10.210597: /AJPH.2006 Social Support and Thriving Health: A New Approach to Understanding the Health of Indigenous Canadians | Chantelle A. M. Richmond, PhD, Nancy A. Ross, PhD, and Grace M. Egeland, PhD have so concentrated their efforts on the determinants of disparities that few have sought to model thriving health. In particular, there has been a lack of research into how one's societal resources, such as social support, can shape health status.

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“…Existe abundante literatura que apunta que distintas variables comunitarias (por ejemplo, la desorganización social, los problemas en el vecindario, la participación en actividades del barrio, la integración comunitaria o la calidad de la interacción con el vecindario) se relacionan con medidas de salud mental y bienestar social y psicosocial (Albanesi, Cicognani y Zani, 2007;Felton y Shinn, 1992;Herrero y Gracia, 2007) e inversamente, también con indicadores de conducta problemática, tales como delincuencia y violencia (Ingoldsby et al, 2006;Mrug y Windle, 2009;Vieno, Nation, Perkins y Santinello, 2007). Es necesario remarcar que, tal y como señalan Hull, Kilbourne, Reece y Husaini (2008), en la literatura comunitaria se han privilegiado los análisis de variables comunitarias de tipo estructural (por ejemplo, pobreza, indicadores de desempleo o disponibilidad de servicios) y, cuando se estudia la conducta delictiva y violenta, se han utilizando generalmente muestras masculinas de población adulta o en la adolescencia tardía.…”

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Ambiente comunitario y actitud hacia la autoridad: relaciones con la calidad de las relaciones familiares y con la agresión hacia los iguales en adolescentes

Jiménez

López

Murgui³

2014

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Resumen: El objetivo del presente estudio es explorar las relaciones entre la calidad de las relaciones familiares, la percepción del ambiente comunitario y la actitud de los adolescentes hacia la autoridad (policía, profesores) y normas sociales, en la predicción del bienestar subjetivo y un problema conductual de actualidad como es la agresión hacia los iguales. Para poner a prueba estas relaciones múltiples se ha utilizado una muestra de 554 adolescentes de ambos sexos con edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 16 años. Los datos se recogieron en dos tiempos con un intervalo temporal de 6 meses y se analizaron mediante el cálculo de modelos de ecuaciones estructurales, incluyendo un análisis multigrupo por sexo. Los resultados obtenidos indican que unas relaciones familiares positivas se relacionan con una percepción positiva del ambiente comunitario y actitudes también positivas hacia la autoridad y las normas sociales. Estos factores actúan como una protección frente a la posterior implicación en conductas agresivas hacia los iguales en el contexto escolar y favorecen el bienestar subjetivo. El modelo resultante es equivalente para chicos y chicas. Palabras clave: Relaciones familiares; comunidad; actitud hacia la autoridad; bienestar subjetivo; agresión escolar.Title: Community environment and attitude toward authority: relations with quality of family relationships and aggression toward peers in adolescents. Abstract: The present study explores the relations between the perception of the family relationships, community environment and adolescents' attitude towards figures of authority (police and teachers) and social rules, in the prediction of subjective well-being and a current behavior problem like peer aggression. In order to test these multiple relations, we used a sample of 554 adolescents of both sexes, aged between 12 and 16 years. Data were collected in two waves with a 6-month interval and were analyzed by means of structural equation models, including a multigroup analysis by sex. The results obtained indicate that positive family relations are related to a positive perception of the community environment and also to positive attitudes towards authority and towards social rules. These factors act as protectors against subsequent involvement in aggressive behaviors towards peers in the school setting and they also promote subjective wellbeing. The resulting model is equivalent for boys and girls. Key words: Family relationships; community; attitude towards authority; subjective well-being; school aggression. IntroducciónDesde un punto de vista epidemiológico, la agresión entre iguales es un hecho frecuente en los centros educativos y así ha sido constatado en numerosos estudios realizados con población escolar europea (Blaya, Debardieux, del Rey y Ortega, 2006;Del Barrio et al., 2008; Klicpera y GasteigerKlicpera, 1996;Olweus, 2001). Se ha considerado que la agresión entre compañeros es la forma más común de violencia escolar (Nansel et al., 2001). En un reciente estudio realizado en 38 países y...

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Social integration and social support: Moving “social support” beyond the individual level

Cited by 90 publications

References 53 publications

Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour: Influences on health in First Nation and Inuit communities of Canada

Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour: Influences on health in First Nation and Inuit communities of Canada

Social Support and Thriving Health: A New Approach to Understanding the Health of Indigenous Canadians

Ambiente comunitario y actitud hacia la autoridad: relaciones con la calidad de las relaciones familiares y con la agresión hacia los iguales en adolescentes

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