The Concept of Personal Network in Clinical Practice

Erickson, Gerald D.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1975.00487.x

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“…That is, it is likely that social networks operate most effectively when an optimal balance is struck between an internal support orientation and an external information-seeking or bridging orientation, while an exclusive strategy of maximizing one or the other is maladaptive. Erickson (1975) has hypothesized that elaborate service networks for client support are preceded by severely truncated kinship and friendship networks. This may suggest that human service providers enter the social vacuum surrounding some of their clients in a way which severely and permanently shifts a network away from this optimal balance.…”

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Social networks, information‐seeking, and the utilization of services

Birkel

Reppucci

1983

American J of Comm Psychol

120

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Voluntary participation by low-income and/ar high-risk populations in prevention-oriented human service programs is minimal and dropout rates are high. Examination of social networks as they relate to information-seeking and utilization behavior may provide a source of understanding. Two investigations are reported. The results of Study 1 indicate that high-risk referred women with denser networks attended fewer parent group sessions than did those whose networks were less dense and that the more contact a woman had with her kin, the fewer parent group sessions she attended. The results of Study 2 indicate that in a sample of low-income women participating in a supplementary food program, those women whose networks were characterized by lower density and less frequent kin contact were more likely to pursue professional child-rearing information and advice than women in denser, more kin-involved networks. In addition, a significant interaction between one's sense of competence as a parent and the structure of one's network was found to determine the overall frequency of information seeking.

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Social networks, information‐seeking, and the utilization of services

Birkel

Reppucci

1983

American J of Comm Psychol

120

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“…One large survey study reported a significant relationship between SN density and the reported availability of everyday and crisis support (Wellman et al, 1973). Increasing SN density appears to have been a goal of those who have made crisis interventions into SNs (Erickson, 1975). Tolsdorf (1976) did not find any significant difference in the density of the SNs of hospitalized schizophrenics as compared to nonpsychiatric hospital patients.…”

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“…Social networks, for example, were seen as accounting for much spontaneous remission of psychological symptoms (Bergin, 1971), as well as making an important contribution to t h e rehabilitation of exhospital patients (Fairweather, Sanders, Cressler, & Maynard, 1969). Interventions directly into the assembled SNs of psychiatric patieflts have been reported by a number of crisis-oriented family therapists (e.g., Erickson, 1975;Speck & Attneave, 1973),…”

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Psychological dimensions of social networks: A multimethod analysis

Hirsch

1979

American J of Comm Psychol

222

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Two exploratory studies are reported which sought to iden@ important psychological dimensions of social networks. Both studies investigated the social networks of college students, using as subfects the same 16 male and 16 female students. The first study employed multiple regression to generate predictor variables to students'ratings of satisfaction with their social network. The second study assessed how structurally contrasting social networks might function as natural support systems during a period of environmentally induced stress (final examinations). Results from the first study suggest that multidimensional relationships are an important source of social network satisfaction. Results from the second study indicate that social networks can provide considerable quantities of support to individuals under stress. Denser or more integrated social networks furnished substantially greater quantities of support, though less satisfying emotional support. Discussion centers on delineating those social networks which best promote personal growth and enhance adaptation under stress.The field of community psychology investigates the interaction of individuals and social structures for the promotion of positive mental health and the prevention of mental disorders. To accomplish this aim adequately, community psychologists must develop conceptual and methodological tools with which to i This article is based on a thesis presented to the University of Oregon.

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“…Social networks have been regarded as a promising concept for becoming a unifying framework in clinical practice since 1970s [30]. To date, social network concepts and techniques have been applied in clinical and hospital settings [3], for doctors and nurses to deliver better quality care [19,65] and physician utilisation of medical information systems [4].…”

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Individual performance in knowledge intensive work through social networks

Chung

Hossain

Davis

2007

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference on Computer Personnel Research: The Global Information Technology Workforce

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Studies in Information Systems (IS) research have widely documented task-oriented and communication structure effects as a result of information and communication technology (ICT) use. These effects have been evidenced at inter-and intraorganisational and occupational community levels. Research on the direct interplay between social network structure, ICT use and individual performance is however lacking to date. This research proposes a theoretical model along with operational constructs for understanding how performance of individuals in knowledgeintensive work can be affected by social network structure and ICT use. The context of the study is the occupational community of general practitioners (GP) in rural New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Numerous problems such as decreasing performance with age, obsolescence of technological knowledge, isolation from urban communities and various problems specific to rural practice makes this study significant. The study is motivated by the research question -"How can the interplay between social network structure and ICT use enhance individual performance?" It argues that individuals with high levels of ICT use, dense social network structures and those rich in connections to social clusters or groups who are themselves not well connected perform better.

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The Concept of Personal Network in Clinical Practice

Cited by 43 publications

References 19 publications

Social networks, information‐seeking, and the utilization of services

Social networks, information‐seeking, and the utilization of services

Psychological dimensions of social networks: A multimethod analysis

Individual performance in knowledge intensive work through social networks

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