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‘Core’ and ‘extended’ social networks in relation to health and illness
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It is argued that the social processes that affect the association between networks and health involve a larger social unit than the small core networks that have generally been the focus of study, and it should be possible to integrate findings from network studies with more traditional epidemiological findings relating such macro-variables as social class to illness.About:
This article is published in Social Science & Medicine.The article was published on 1983-01-01. It has received 174 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social network & Social learning.read more
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Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis.
Sheldon Cohen,Thomas Ashby Wills +1 more
TL;DR: There is evidence consistent with both main effect and main effect models for social support, but each represents a different process through which social support may affect well-being.
Structural analysis: From method and metaphor to theory and substance.
TL;DR: Structural (or network) analysis has mystified many social scientists as mentioned in this paper, who have rejected it as mere methodology, which lacks due regard for substantive issues, and fled from its unusual terms and techniques, not having played with blocks and graphs since grammar school.
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Social network changes and life events across the life span: a meta-analysis.
TL;DR: A meta-analysis on age-related social network changes and the effects of life events on social networks using 277 studies with 177,635 participants from adolescence to old age shows patterns of normative social network development that are consistent with the view that a portion of normative, age- relatedsocial network changes are due to normative, Age-related life events.
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Core networks and tie activation: what kinds of routine networks allocate resources in nonroutine situations?
TL;DR: Results show that the structures of individuals' core networks affect the degree to which individuals activate ties from those networks to gain informal support, and this has implications for understanding resource activation in the contexts of social support and job searches.
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Effects of social relationships on survival for women with breast cancer: a prospective study.
TL;DR: The woman's social context, particularly contexts of friendship and work outside the home, are statistically important for survival, and two clinical factors were significantly associated with survival.
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The Strength of Weak Ties
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the degree of overlap of two individuals' friendship networks varies directly with the strength of their tie to one another, and the impact of this principle on diffusion of influence and information, mobility opportunity, and community organization is explored.
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Social support as a moderator of life stress
TL;DR: It appears that social support can protect people in crisis from a wide variety of pathological states: from low birth weight to death, from arthritis through tuberculosis to depression, alcoholism, and the social breakdown syndrome.
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Social networks, host resistance, and mortality: a nine-year follow-up study of Alameda County residents
Lisa F. Berkman,S L Syme +1 more
TL;DR: The findings show that people who lacked social and community ties were more likely to die in the follow-up period than those with more extensive contacts.
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The contribution of the social environment to host resistance: the fourth wade hampton frost lecture
TL;DR: I count myself honored indeed to be included among those who have been chosen to present this, the Wade Hampton Frost Lecture, and for this I must thank my very wise chief, Dr. Sidney L. Kark, who introduced me to the papers, particularly the section on tuberculosis.
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Conceptual, methodological, and theoretical problems in studying social support as a buffer against life stress.
TL;DR: Empirical work on the buffering hypothesis is reviewed, alternate conceptualizations and operationalizations of support are outlined, a refined hypothesis and model for analysis are presented, and three theoretical approaches that may be used to explain the interrelationships between support, events, and disturbance are suggested.