scholarly journals The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Field ◽  
Natalie Morgan-Klein
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Support Structures

Social Support Structures of Women in Treatment for Alcoholism

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Schilit ◽  
Edith Lisansky Gomberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Support Structures

Memento Mori: Gary Lease and the Study of Religion

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Nancy Levene
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Happy Ending ◽  
Memento Mori ◽  
Death Wish ◽  
Object Of Study

AbstractGary Lease wrote vividly about the entanglement of religion and power, pursuing critical histories of religious claims and their social support structures. He sought to replace a standard story of religion's ubiquity (often coupled with an attitude of approval) with a much darker version of the human desires and conflicts embedded in, and masking as, religious discourse. But Lease seems to have been fundamentally ambivalent about the object in question. Is it "religion," namely the ideological dynamics deployed by human beings to dominate one another (and themselves), or is it religion, a void or death wish at the heart of human existence, a now-refashioned ubiquity but without the happy ending? I claim that there are profound, and ultimately productive, ambivalences in Lease's attempt cleanly to circumscribe the object of study—ambivalences which makes him a vital interlocutor in the effort to move beyond conventional histories of religion and consciousness.

Loneliness Following Widowhood: The Role of the Military and Social Support

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany M King ◽  
Dawn C Carr ◽  
Miles G Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Veteran Status

Abstract Objectives Increased loneliness is a common consequence of widowhood in later life. However, individuals with high levels of perceived social support from friends tend to cope more effectively following major social losses like widowhood. Military service is associated with cultivation of strong social support structures. This effect may not only influence those who serve, but also their spouses. Roughly half of older women today are married to veterans, which could shape how they cope with widowhood. We tested two hypotheses: (a) widows of veterans will be less lonely following widowhood compared to their nonveteran counterparts, and (b) this effect will be explained by perceived social support from friends. Methods We used the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine changes in loneliness following widowhood among wives of veterans and nonveterans. We used Ordinary Least Squares regression and mediation tests to address our hypotheses. Results Net of baseline differences, widows of veterans reported statistically lower levels of loneliness (p < .05) following widowhood compared to widows of nonveterans. Widows of veterans retained the same level of perceived social support from friends pre- and postwidowhood, whereas nonveteran wives experienced a loss. Perceived social support from friends mediated the association between veteran status of the deceased spouse and loneliness. Discussion Our findings suggest wives of veterans may have more resilient social support structures than nonveteran spouses, helping them cope at widowhood. Future research should explore whether these effects persist in association with other major stressful events in later life.

The Provision of Social Support for Elite Indigenous Athletes in Australian Football

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Nicholson ◽  
Russell Hoye ◽  
David Gallant
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Australian Football League ◽  
The Family ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Indigenous Participation ◽  
Individual Success

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory study into the perceptions of social support held by elite Indigenous athletes playing in the Australian Football League. Indigenous athletes within the AFL appear to require more culturally relevant and specialized support structures than non-Indigenous athletes. The study illustrates that teammates of a similar cultural background are the most important providers of social support and that Indigenous led and implemented support structures and programs seem most likely to be successful in supporting Indigenous athletes. The study highlighted that the family and community connections held by Indigenous athletes are little understood by their non-Indigenous teammates, their clubs or the league, yet they form an essential network of social support that provides the foundation for Indigenous participation and individual success.

scholarly journals Caring for men in contemporary Russia

Focaal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 (50) ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Kay
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Nonstate Actors ◽  
Altai Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Hybrid Forms

This article explores gendered constructions of care and need and the ways in which these affect men's social security in contemporary Russia. It is suggested that gendered caring practices, besides overburdening women and devaluing their labor, also contribute to a trivialization of men's needs and their marginalization in, and/or exclusion from, complex forms of social security. Social security is understood to encompass both material and emotional support structures and networks, involving both state and nonstate actors. It is argued that hybrid forms of provision are emerging, with new actors challenging and blurring strict categorizations of state/nonstate, formal/informal, and material/ emotional in their contribution to social security. The article draws on a study of the Altai Regional Crisis Center for Men and its attempts to identify men's needs for social support, to provide appropriate forms of care, and to enhance the social security of men in the Altai Region of Western Siberia.

Staying Out

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Liem
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
And Control

Chapter ten delves deeper into the factors the interviewees mentioned as key to staying out. These included aging out of crime, a healthy fear for the conditions of parole, and self-efficacy, or having a sense of choice and control over one’s life. Non-incarcerated interviewees, as opposed to re-incarcerated individuals, reflected a strong sense of agency in their narrative. The process of desistance is thus not the result of societal forces, as emphasized by life-course theorists. Nor does it seem to be a resolution of an individual to change, as the vast majority of interviewees said that they underwent a transformation leading to a better version of themselves. What seems to be crucial for lifers in being successful in staying out on parole is a combination of social support structures, having regained a sense of control, and a strong awareness of the restraints that govern their day-to-day life.

scholarly journals Giving Teachers a Voice: A Study of Actual Game Use in the Classroom

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Triinu Jesmin ◽  
Tobias Ley
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Support Structures ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education

The adoption of games in the classroom has been studied from different angles, such as the readiness of teachers to use games or the barriers encountered. However, actual classroom practices with regard to the use of games have not been examined on a larger scale. With this research, we gave teachers a voice to report on their actual practices. We examined the current practices of a large sample of Estonian teachers (N = 1258, which constitutes almost 9% of the total Estonian teacher population) in primary and secondary education in 2017. We found that most of the teachers use games on a regular basis. Mainly, they use the games for motivation and alternation, but they also use them to consolidate and teach new skills. While awareness and motivation are high and experimentation on using games is widespread, practices appear fragmentary and not widely sustained. As a result of this study, we suggest the creation of an evidence base and a better integration of social support structures into teacher education. This is the first large-scale study to look into Estonian teacher’s actual practices, and although Estonian teachers have relatively high autonomy and technical skills, we believe that these results and further investigations are applicable in other contexts as well.

Consequences for social network and support structures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Bildtgård ◽  
Peter Öberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Social Support Networks ◽  
Support Structures

This chapter investigates how the introduction of a new partner affects the wider social network. The chapter shows that in most cases a new partner is integrated into the older individual’s social network and illustrates how existing relationships are renegotiated as a consequence. Second, it shows that the partner is viewed as a resource for autonomy, both for the older individual and for their children. Third, it shows that a new partner tends to replace children and friends as the preferred provider of different forms of social support. The chapter concludes by discussing different theoretical ways of understanding older people’s social support networks and by relating these theories to Swedish survey data.

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