Donald G. Unger

TL;DR: In this article, l'importance de l'environnement social et du voisinage, comme facteur d'ajustement psychologique, correcteur des sentiments de stress and element de la qualite de la vie is discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the strong positive relationship between social networks and a family's adaptation to societal crises, life transitions and family conflicts, and discussed the implications for professional intervention.

TL;DR: In this article, two longitudinal studies examined the influences of social support, networks, and support interventions on the adjustment of teenage mothers and their babies and found that perceived support, social network resources, and interventions were related to better postpartum adjustment for young mothers and improved health and development for their babies.

TL;DR: Neighbors are an informal resource who may act individually to provide socioemotional support to each other as well as collectively to ameliorate problems in their residential environment to explore when neighbors are likely to interact and provide aid and emotional support for each other.

TL;DR: It is suggested that child developmental problems may occur when mothers routinely rely upon grandmother assistance into middle childhood, particularly for white families.