Navigating Disconnected Social Circles: Experiences and Personal Networks of Latino/a Adolescents in the U.S. Rural South

2021 ◽  
pp. 0044118X2110592
Author(s):  
Dany Fanfan ◽  
Dalila D’Ingeo ◽  
Raffaele Vacca ◽  
Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Social Experiences ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
The U.S

Informed by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of development, this mixed-methods study’s aims are to: (1) describe rural Latino/a adolescents’ ( N = 62) narratives and lived social experiences in the context of rurality, and (2) examine their personal networks to better understand their social interactions (subset of 30 adolescents). Rural Latino/a adolescents move in limited social circles and experience geographic, cultural, and social isolation due to immigration status problems, socioeconomic issues, racial discrimination, and family dynamics. This limitation is reflected by personal networks that tend to be homogenous in terms of ethnicity, age, and sociodemographic characteristics. School, although characterized by weak social ties often disconnected from community and family contacts, emerged as the dominant context of sociability where adolescents build their social identity outside the circle of dense family ties. Findings suggest a critical need for interventions to reduce isolation and enhance social connectedness between family, school, and rural community in this population.

scholarly journals Religion, Social Connectedness, and Xenophobic Responses to Ebola

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxie Chuang ◽  
Kimin Eom ◽  
Heejung S. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Physical Threat ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
The U.S

This study examined the role of religion in xenophobic responses to the threat of Ebola. Religious communities often offer members strong social ties and social support, which may help members cope with psychological and physical threat, including global threats like Ebola. Our analysis of a nationally representative sample in the U.S. (N = 1,000) found that overall, the more vulnerable to Ebola people felt, the more they exhibited xenophobic responses, but this relationship was moderated by importance of religion. Those who perceived religion as more important in their lives exhibited weaker xenophobic reactions than those who perceived religion as less important. Furthermore, social connectedness measured by collectivism explained the moderating role of religion, suggesting that higher collectivism associated with religion served as a psychological buffer. Religious people showed attenuated threat responses because they had a stronger social system that may offer resources for its members to cope with psychological and physical threats. The current research highlights that different cultural groups react to increased threats in divergent ways.

Men’s Social Integration after Incarceration: The Role of Organizationally Embedded Prison-Forged Networks

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Riggs
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Criminal Records ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prison Programs ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Former Prisoners

Abstract Research shows that social ties and social support are central to former prisoners’ social integration; however, most scholarship focuses on family ties. Beyond family ties, we know little about the composition of former prisoners’ personal networks or how non-family ties may form and influence social integration. This article investigates in detail the personal networks of a group of male former prisoners and documents how they use their social ties during the transition into the community. In addition to family, many men were networked with others with whom they had formed relationships in prison. In contrast to criminological research on criminal peers, this study finds that networks formed through participation in prison programs operated by community-based organizations were prosocial and endured into the men’s release into the community. These organizationally embedded prison-forged networks gave transitioning men access to and impelled activation of forms of social capital in free society. These findings suggest scholars and policymakers should use care in defining what a criminal peer is and that parole policies forbidding parolees from associating with others who have criminal records may in some cases do more harm than good.

scholarly journals Music Connects Us: Development of a Music-Based Group Activity Intervention to Engage People Living with Dementia and Address Loneliness

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 570
Author(s):  
Hannah M. O’Rourke ◽  
Tammy Hopper ◽  
Lee Bartel ◽  
Mandy Archibald ◽  
Matthias Hoben ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Group Activity ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Severe Dementia

There is a need for intervention research to understand how music-based group activities foster engagement in social interactions and relationship-building among care home residents living with moderate to severe dementia. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to describe the design of ‘Music Connects Us’, a music-based group activity intervention. Music Connects Us primarily aims to promote social connectedness and quality of life among care home residents living with moderate to severe dementia through engagement in music-making, supporting positive social interactions to develop intimate connections with others. To develop Music Connects Us, we adapted the ‘Music for Life’ program offered by Wigmore Hall in the United Kingdom, applying an intervention mapping framework and principles of engaged scholarship. This paper describes in detail the Music Connects Us program, our adaptation approach, and key adaptations made, which included: framing the project to focus on the engagement of the person living with dementia to ameliorate loneliness; inclusion of student and other community-based musicians; reduced requirements for care staff participation; and the development of a detailed musician training approach to prepare musicians to deliver the program in Canada. Description of the development, features, and rationale for Music Connects Us will support its replication in future research aimed to tests its effects and its use in clinical practice.

scholarly journals Cultural Influences on the Regulation of Energy Intake and Obesity: A Qualitative Study Comparing Food Customs and Attitudes to Eating in Adults from France and the United States

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Maria Carlota Dao ◽  
Sophie Thiron ◽  
Ellen Messer ◽  
Camille Sergeant ◽  
Anne Sévigné ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Culture ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
The U.S

(1) Background: The influence of food culture on eating behavior and obesity risk is poorly understood. (2) Methods: In this qualitative study, 25 adults in France with or without overweight/obesity participated in semi-structured interviews (n = 10) or focus groups (n = 15) to examine attitudes to food consumption and external pressures that influence eating behavior and weight management. Results were compared to an equivalent study conducted in the United States, thereby contrasting two countries with markedly different rates of obesity. Emerging key themes in the French data were identified through coding using a reflexive approach. (3) Results: The main themes identified were: (1) influence of commensality, social interactions, and pleasure from eating on eating behavior, (2) having a balanced and holistic approach to nutrition, (3) the role of environmental concerns in food consumption, (4) relationship with “natural” products (idealized) and food processing (demonized), (5) perceptions of weight status and management. Stress and difficulties in hunger cue discernment were viewed as important obstacles to weight management in both countries. External pressures were described as a major factor that explicitly influences food consumption in the U.S., while there was an implicit influence of external pressures through eating-related social interactions in France. In France, products considered “natural” where idealized and juxtaposed against processed and “industrial” products, whereas this was not a salient aspect in the U.S. (4) Conclusions: This first comparative qualitative study assessing aspects of food culture and eating behaviors across countries identifies both common and divergent attitudes to food and eating behavior. Further studies are needed to inform the development of effective behavioral interventions to address obesity in different populations.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INTERACTION AND RELATIONSHIPS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMPOSITION OF TECHNOLOGY

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
I. Muratova
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Universal Principle ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The purpose of the article is to reveal technology as a human activity in which people engage in such interaction with each other and build such relationships and social ties that are mediated by technical means and ensures success in the process of realizing a common goal. To overcome the limitations of narrowly specialized ideas about technology, the research is based on the scientific methods and theoretical principles of social philosophy. This approach allows us to understand technology as a universal principle of social practice, not just production. The need for a philosophical reflection of the immanent connection that exists between technology and sociality is proved by the author. Therefore, the author offers understanding of technology as unity of scientific and technical means and forms of social interactions in subjective practice and objectification human intentions and goals. The results of such research contribute to the establishment of the scientific and theoretical foundations of the practice of management of innovations and technologies with the purpose of conscious humanistic direction of scientific and technological progress.

Utilizing the Socio-Ecologic Model as a Framework for the Prevention of Teen Pregnancy

2019 ◽  
pp. 208-233
Author(s):  
Mandy Golman ◽  
Nila Ricks ◽  
Irene D. Gallegos ◽  
Jesse Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Teen Birth ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Teen Birth Rates ◽  
Ecologic Model ◽  
The U.S

Despite historic lows in teen birth rates, the U.S. still maintains the highest teen birth rate of any industrialized nation, and significant disparities exist between ethnicities and socioeconomic status (SES). The factors influencing teen birth are vast and intertwined. The socio-ecological model (SEM) provides a natural theoretical framework to study and address these multiple levels of influence, which include individual, interpersonal, institutional/organizational, and public policy. This chapter will include a summary of recent studies, and drawing from empirical findings guided by the socio-ecological model, will identify and suggest strategies at each level for reducing the teen birth rate. By addressing the overlapping layers together, as opposed to a single layer, interventions have greater potential for success.

scholarly journals The Marquis of Anglesey: working and social relationships on a Dorset estate (c. 1812–1844)

Rural History ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Carol Beardmore
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Agricultural History ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Standing Timber

Abstract The Marquis of Anglesey on his Dorset estate was an absentee landlord who maintained close relationships with his estate through extensive correspondence with his land agent William Castleman. The surviving letters are a very rich source by which to examine the minutiae of rural life and a way to reconstruct social and working relationships within the nineteenth-century English landed estate. By focusing on a range of customary and unwritten rights, this article will consider issues such as how tenants navigated renegotiation of their leases, sought rent abatements or compensation for damage to their crops from hunting. Working and social relationships on such an estate were closely interlinked, as is widely shown here. The article also raises more contentious estate issues such as who had the rights to fallen and standing timber, the customs affecting courts, the repair of churches, and the responsibilities for building and maintaining schools. Throughout, the issue of ‘social control’ is assessed. Together the range of documented work and social interactions provide a fuller picture of the functioning of a southern English great estate in the early nineteenth century, and allow us to examine this rural community beyond the remit of its agricultural history.

Poverty, Race, and Culture in a Rural Arkansas Community

1976 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Grinstead ◽  
Sandra Scholtz
Keyword(s):  
Black Community ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Multivariate Statistical Techniques ◽  
Predominantly Black ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Antecedent Conditions ◽  
Race And Culture

Based upon an ecological model of poverty, the authors established five scales to measure antecedent conditions and resultant attitudinal configurations of the poverty situation. Data collected via questionnaire in a predominantly Black community in the rural South were analyzed utilizing multivariate statistical techniques. Results brought into question the commonly held belief that fatalism and job negativism are prevailing features in the ideological system of the rural poor.

scholarly journals Fiscal Trends: Implications for the Rural South

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-250
Author(s):  
Mark S. Henry ◽  
David L. Barkley ◽  
Haizhen Li
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Econometric Evidence ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
K 12

Key demographic trends in the rural South over the next decade—the aging of the population as baby boomers enter retirement, continued migration to the South, and rapid increases in shares of Hispanic residents—may have profound consequences for the financing of rural community public services. In this paper, we provide an overview of demographic and economic trends that are expected to influence the ability of rural communities to provide essential public services. In addition, we provide econometric evidence on the impacts that these trends are likely to have on the financing of K-12 education in South Carolina.

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