Support Networks System (SNS) of MAF

Resilience is a phenomenon that can be studied in catastrophic situations but also in everyday matters such as disability, this being an alternative way of working in the environment that requires the adaptation of the social networks that contain and support people with this condition. The research was conducted at the Technical University of Manabí applied to the population of students with disabilities. The paper presents an analysis of support networks and their relationship with student resilience. The results related to the application of the Saavedra-Villalta test are shown, which allowed to correlate the level of resilience of the sample studied with the support networks. An analysis linked to the interpretation of the Pearson correlation coefficient is presented. The result obtained is presented by applying semi-structured interviews to a sample of 48 disabled students.

Download Full-text

Custodial Single Fathers before and during the COVID-19 Crisis: Work, Care, and Well-Being

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci10030094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 94

Author(s):

Aimzhan Iztayeva

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Extended Family ◽

White Collar ◽

Well Being ◽

Support Networks ◽

Blue Collar ◽

Single Fathers ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Work Family

As both paid and unpaid work were disrupted during the COVID-19 crisis, the two roles that working custodial single fathers occupy—breadwinners and caregivers—have intensified significantly. Using two independent sets of interviews, this study examines how custodial single fathers navigated work and caregiving responsibilities prior to COVID-19 and compares them to the experiences of single fathers interviewed during the pandemic. The findings are organized into three key themes. First, men with white-collar jobs experienced less work-family conflict than men with blue-collar jobs. The COVID-19 crisis further widened this divide as lack of flexibility put men with blue-collar jobs in a precarious position in the labor market. Second, the way single fathers arranged childcare varied with the availability of extended family and the coparenting relationship with the child(ren)’s mother. The pandemic significantly complicated these arrangements by removing men’s access to extended family and intensifying already conflicted coparenting relationships. Finally, prior to the pandemic, many single fathers struggled with lack of leisure time and diminished social support networks that shrunk with their initial break from their child(ren)’s mother. The resulting feelings of fatigue and loneliness seeped into men’s psychological well-being. COVID-19 and related social distancing measures further exacerbated single fathers’ isolation.

Download Full-text

Taking diversity seriously: Within‐group heterogeneity in African American extended family support networks

Journal of Marriage and Family ◽

10.1111/jomf.12783 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Joseph Taylor ◽

Linda M. Chatters ◽

Christina J. Cross

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Family Support ◽

Extended Family ◽

Support Networks ◽

Group Heterogeneity

Download Full-text

A Comparison of Urban with Rural Support Networks: Liverpool and North Wales

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x00002129 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 59-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

G. Clare Wenger

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Support Networks ◽

Support Network ◽

Social Variables ◽

North Wales ◽

Care And Support ◽

Wide Range ◽

Highly Correlated ◽

High Level ◽

The City

AbstractThis paper compares findings on the distribution of support networks in the City of Liverpool and in rural communities in North Wales. It demonstrates that while support network type is highly correlated with a wide range of demographic and social variables in both urban and rural samples, the nature of the relationships are not always comparable. The paper shows how cultural, migration and socio-economic factors interact to affect the formation of different types of support networks. As a result of a more stable elderly population, more old people in Liverpool have network types able to provide a high level of informal care and support.

Download Full-text