The Interview Measure of Social Relationships: The description and evaluation of a survey instrument for assessing personal social resources

1987 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Brugha ◽  
E. Sturt ◽  
B. MacCarthy ◽  
J. Potter ◽  
T. Wykes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Social Resources

The Social Context and Resources of the Unmarried in Old Age

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat M. Keith
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Role Transitions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Life Course

A model of singleness in later life was developed to show how the social context may influence the personal and social resources of older, unmarried persons. The unmarried (especially the divorced) will be an increasing proportion of the aged population in the future, and they will require more services than will the married. Role transitions of the unmarried over the life course, finances, health, and social relationships of older singles are discussed with implications for practice and future research.

scholarly journals No man is an island: social resources, stress and mental health at mid-life

2019 ◽  
Vol 217 (5) ◽  
pp. 638-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rukmen Sehmi ◽  
Barbara Maughan ◽  
Timothy Matthews ◽  
Louise Arseneault
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
National Child Development Study ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Different Levels

BackgroundPositive social relationships are known to mitigate the negative effects of stress on mental health. However, the direction of association between social resources and mental health remains unclear, and it is not known whether higher than average levels of social resources confer additional benefits, in the short and longer term.AimsTo investigate the concurrent and longitudinal contribution of higher levels of social resources in reducing the risk of mental health symptoms after exposure to stress at age 45, and to identify life-course precursors of mid-life social resources.MethodThe National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a prospective birth cohort of over 17 000 births in 1958. We tested concurrent and longitudinal associations between different levels of social resources at age 45 and mental health symptoms among individuals exposed to stress and verified whether prior mental health symptoms (age 42) explained these associations. We also tested a range of child, family and adult precursors of mid-life social resources.ResultsHigher than average levels of social resources were required to confer benefits to mental health among individuals exposed to high stress levels, both concurrently at age 45 and in the longer term at age 50. In general, these associations were not attributable to prior mental health symptoms. Key predictors of mid-life social resources included evidence of early sociability.ConclusionsHaving a broad network of social ties and better personal support helps individuals withstand exposure to higher levels of stress. Given that sociable children had better mid-life social resources, early intervention may benefit individuals' social resources later in life.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Social Capital in Global Era of Rural Communities (Case Study Poor People in Nagari Rambatan, Tanah Datar District)

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00098
Author(s):  
Marleni ◽  
Adiyalmon ◽  
Elvawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Global Era ◽  
Sample Data

This article is based on the change of social capital in society triggered by globalization. According to Soetomo (2012) social resources (social capital) is a medium that enables development to take place successfully because of cultural elements have traditional legitimacy that symbolically the most valuable communication model, and have a number of functions then make it a means for change. Based on that, the article will explore about the dynamics of social capital with a case study in Rambatan Sub-District, Tanah Datar District, where is Nagari Rambatan as sample. Data collection using mixed methods, there are quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative (interview). The results of research indicate the shifting of social capital in the society in Nagari Rambatan seen from the level of participation in social organization, the leaders, nagari institutions, relatives and neighbors as well as social relationships with relatives or neighbors, and also the level of dependence in economy.

Career success in academia

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-616
Author(s):  
Karma Sherif ◽  
Ning Nan ◽  
Jeff Brice
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Social Closure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Know How ◽  
Entrepreneurial Motivations

PurposeIn this study, the authors explore the boundaryless careers of faculty and adopt the intelligent career framework to examine success factors for academic careers.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a field study of 36 researchers in the management information systems field from 22 institutions in the US, Australia and Canada. The authors selected the participants representing four strata of researchers: luminaries (high expertise status and high citizenship behavior), experts (high expertise status but low leadership roles), statesmen (low expertise status but high leadership) and journeymen (low expertise status and low leadership). Data regarding the participants' experience of social relationships and social resources as well as entrepreneurial motivations were collected and analyzed.FindingsResults show that faculty who “know-why”, “know-how”, and “know with whom” possess socially valued resources and are successful in advancing their careers. They establish high social status and exercise power within their networks to mobilize resources that promote their careers. On the other hand, faculty who fall short of these competencies impose social closure on themselves and do not strive to exploit resources available through their contacts. The study advances a number of theoretical propositions to guide future research on boundaryless intelligent careers.Social implicationsSocial relationships and social resources do not substitute individual competence, leadership and entrepreneurial motivations; individuals need to develop competence valued by their professional communities and exploit available opportunities and assume leadership roles in order to effectively establish instrumental relationships and mobilize social resources to achieve career advancement.Originality/valueIn this study, we attempt to extend career development research through an examination of the bidirectional relationship between know-why, know-how and know-who in academia.

The structure of social relationships: Analysis of a survey instrument

1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Duncan-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Survey Instrument

The structure of social relationships: Analysis of a survey instrument

1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Duncan-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Survey Instrument

scholarly journals Small Stories of Home Moves: A Gendered and Generational Breadth-and-Depth Investigation

2021 ◽  
pp. 136078042110420
Author(s):  
Rosalind Edwards ◽  
Susie Weller ◽  
Emma Davidson ◽  
Lynn Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Linked Lives ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
Level Identification

This article explores the way people from different age cohorts and genders talk about home moves to contribute a rounded and nuanced relational understanding. We draw on a secondary analysis of qualitative longitudinal data from multiple archived studies, using a breadth-and-depth analytic approach. Conceptually, we apply a linked lives perspective that understands home moves as tied to sets of social relationships and involving the navigation of structural circumstances. We identify complex discrete and serial small stories where moving away from or returning to is interdependently linked to others staying put, and staying put to others’ home moves, at local, intra-national, and trans-national levels. Home moves are shaped structurally by gender and age cohort generation. Home and moving tend to be more salient in women’s accounts, articulating with familial generation as their own and others’ comings and goings accumulated over their lifetime. Structural issues are also evident in the material and social resources that enable and constrain home moves, with more micro-level identification of recurrent themes of anxieties in the accounts of men who are starting/have young families, in contrast to women’s anxieties concerning the relational implications of home moves.

Happiest People Revisited

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Diener ◽  
Martin E. P. Seligman ◽  
Hyewon Choi ◽  
Shigehiro Oishi
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Happy People ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
To Come ◽  
Very High

In a past Psychological Science article, Diener and Seligman (2002) explored the characteristics of extremely happy individuals and found that strong social relationships characterized the entire group. The study was popular, perhaps because the authors focused on the very happiest people, not merely on correlations across the entire spectrum of subjective well-being. In the current study, we replicated and extended the earlier paper here by examining, in a world sample, the differences between the happiest individuals and unhappy and averagely happy people. We largely replicated earlier findings; basic need fulfillment and social resources were two ingredients for high subjective well-being. Replicating and extending the earlier findings, we found that, compared with the averagely happy people, the happiest people were more likely to come from societies high in subjective well-being and social capital. To achieve very high happiness, it is helpful not only to have desirable personal circumstances, but also to live in a prosperous happy society with strong social support. As in the original study, although a few characteristics seemed virtually necessary for subjective well-being (SWB), no characteristic guaranteed it. We also uncovered variables separating the groups that might be outcomes of SWB, for example, helping others, exercising, and not smoking.

Social Motives Predict Loneliness During a Developmental Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Nikitin ◽  
Alexandra M. Freund
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Avoidance ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Social Motives ◽  
Developmental Transitions ◽  
Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Low Levels

Abstract. Establishing new social relationships is important for mastering developmental transitions in young adulthood. In a 2-year longitudinal study with four measurement occasions (T1: n = 245, T2: n = 96, T3: n = 103, T4: n = 85), we investigated the role of social motives in college students’ mastery of the transition of moving out of the parental home, using loneliness as an indicator of poor adjustment to the transition. Students with strong social approach motivation reported stable and low levels of loneliness. In contrast, students with strong social avoidance motivation reported high levels of loneliness. However, this effect dissipated relatively quickly as most of the young adults adapted to the transition over a period of several weeks. The present study also provides evidence for an interaction between social approach and social avoidance motives: Social approach motives buffered the negative effect on social well-being of social avoidance motives. These results illustrate the importance of social approach and social avoidance motives and their interplay during developmental transitions.

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