scholarly journals Social Networking Among Japanese Elders

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-682
Author(s):  
Atsuko Kawakami ◽  
Derek Lehman ◽  
Kaitlynn Burress
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Social Network Formation

The purpose of this study is to identify some of the predictors of social network formation with a focus on everyday behaviors such as greeting neighbors, attitudes about elder care, civic involvement, and hobby or social group membership. Using data from the 2010 and 2012 waves of the Japanese General Social Survey, we found that factors in which individuals have more control over are associated with the formation of social networks whereas factors that individuals have little to no control over are less likely to affect network formation. Specifically, elderly individuals who greet their neighbors and those who view elder care as an individual’s or family’s responsibility are more likely to have larger social networks. Likewise, civic engagement and participation in neighborhood associations are also significantly associated with forming social networks. Surprisingly, our analysis revealed that participating in hobby groups, length of residency in a community, and other control variables such as gender, income, and education are not significantly associated with forming social networks. Our findings indicate that the key components to building strong social networks are found within mundane daily activities. We conclude with several suggestions for how the elderly and communities can build elders’ social networks and thereby improve well-being. The implications of this study include raising awareness among individuals to prepare for a better, well-connected life in old age as well as suggesting local government programs for elderly care to help build more effective programs. Counselors could use this information to encourage their elderly clients to build social networks by increasing daily social interactions with neighbors and obtaining the view of self-reliance on elder care responsibility.  Future researchers should seek to integrate the elder’s medical information in analyses in order to consider a comprehensive plan for the elderly’s well-being.

Enabling social networks in an R&D organization

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
Tomas Hellström
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Administrative Unit ◽  
High Level ◽  
Social Network Formation

This paper presents a qualitative study of mechanisms enabling social network formation in the R&D unit of a large technology-based organization. Drawing on interviews with 37 high-level technical and administrative unit members, a number of social network enablers could be discerned, which related to the need for effective location mechanisms, special “enrolment spaces”, and mechanisms for forging contacts. It was also possible to identify a number of higher-order factors for facilitation of network formation, namely hierarchical enablers and communicative and assimilative factors. Based on these results, the paper makes suggestions as to the theoretical and practical significance of social network enabling mechanisms in R&D organizations.

scholarly journals Multi-Platform Social Media Use: Little Evidence of Impacts on Adult Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Lohmann ◽  
Emilio Zagheni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Using Data

Social media have become a near-ubiquitous part of our lives. The growing concern that their use may alter our well-being has been met with elusive scientific evidence. Existing literature often simplifies social media use as a homogeneous process. In reality, social media use and functions vary widely depending on platform and demographic characteristics of users, and there may be qualitative differences between using few versus many different social media platforms. Using data from the General Social Survey, an underanalyzed data source for this purpose, we characterize intensive social media users and examine how differential platform use impacts well-being. We document substantial heterogeneity in the demography of users and show that intensive users tend to be young, female, more likely to be Black than Hispanic, from high SES backgrounds, from more religious backgrounds, and from families with migration background, compared to both non-users and moderate users. The intensity of social media use seemed largely unrelated to well-being in both unadjusted models and in propensity-score models that adjusted for selection bias and demographic factors. Among middle-aged and older adults, however, intensive social media use may be slightly associated with depressive symptoms. Our findings indicate that although mediums of communication have changed with the advent of social media, these new mediums are not necessarily detrimental to well-being.

Feminist and Evolutionary Perspectives of Female-Female Competition, Status Seeking, and Social Network Formation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurette T. Liesen
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Reproductive Strategies ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Female Competition ◽  
Status Seeking ◽  
Social Network Formation ◽  
Evolutionary Perspectives

During the 1980s and 1990s, feminist evolutionists were instrumental in demonstrating that primate females, including girls and women, can be aggressive and seek status within their groups. Building on their insights, researchers from across disciplines have found that females use a variety of direct and indirect tactics as they pursue their reproductive success. To better understand women’s aggression and status seeking, one also must examine their social networks. Women must not only deal with the dynamics within their groups, they also must deal with pressures from other groups. Success in maintaining connections in one’s social network is vital for access to the various resources women need for their own reproductive success and to keep competitors in check. Overall, women’s social networks, while serving both supportive and competitive functions, profoundly impact on the reproductive future of women and especially the survival and future reproductive strategies of their children.

scholarly journals Who Are the Beneficiaries of China’s New Rural Pension Scheme? Sons, Daughters, or Parents?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (17) ◽  
pp. 3159
Author(s):  
Zhang ◽  
Luo ◽  
Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Fuzzy Regression ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Adult Daughters ◽  
Adult Sons ◽  
Pension Income ◽  
Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design ◽  
Using Data

y applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, this study investigates whether sons, daughters, or parents are the beneficiaries of China’s New Rural Pension Scheme. Using data drawn from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, our results indicate that pension income crowds out approximately 27.9% of the monetary support from adult sons and decreases the likelihood that adult sons live with their parents by 6.5%. However, we do not find a significant effect of pension income on the likelihood that adult daughters live with their parents. In regards to the well-being of parents, which is measured by consumption and health outcomes, the results show that pension income increases food and non-food consumption by 16.3 and 15.1%, respectively, and improves the psychological health of the elderly. Accounting for the different effects of pension income for those with different income levels, our results show that the New Rural Pension Scheme only has a significant effect on the poor elderly.

Mediating Role of Interpersonal Interactions Between Chinese Farmers' Social Networks and their Subjective Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 721-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Zhang ◽  
Yang Xu ◽  
Yu Hou
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Interpersonal Interactions ◽  
The Impact

As more than half the population of China lives in rural areas, farmers' subjective well-being is important to the maintenance of socialism in the countryside and the Chinese people's target of comprehensively building a prosperous society. Using data collected in the 2012 Chinese General Social Survey, we built a regression model to examine the impact of farmers' social networks on their subjective well-being, and the mediating effect of their interpersonal interactions on this relationship. Results showed that farmers' social networks had a positive impact on their overall subjective well-being, which was, in turn, mediated by their interpersonal interactions. Farmers with well-developed social networks tended to have effective interpersonal interactions that satisfied their social psychological needs and enhanced their subjective well-being. Our findings provide a valuable reference for enhancing the subjective well-being of farmers in China.

BEHAVIORAL FOUNDATIONS AND EQUILIBRIUM NOTIONS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK FORMATION PROCESSES

2004 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 77-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICOLAS CARAYOL ◽  
PASCALE ROUX
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Small World ◽  
Payoff Function ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Limiting Distributions ◽  
Stochastically Stable ◽  
Social Network Formation

This paper develops a framework for studying social network formation. Partly built upon a formalism used in theoretical economics, the network formation process we introduce is locally driven by agents who maximize a given individual payoff function. We examine two simple models and observe the limiting distributions of stochastically stable networks. We find that these networks share some of the features observed for social networks. In particular, we find critical values of the parameters for which the selected networks exhibit small world properties.

scholarly journals Understanding the Social Networks That Form within the Context of an Obesity Prevention Intervention

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina B. Gesell ◽  
Kimberly D. Bess ◽  
Shari L. Barkin
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Group Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Similar Body ◽  
Child Bmi ◽  
Social Network Formation

Background. Antiobesity interventions have generally failed. Research now suggests that interventions must be informed by an understanding of the social environment.Objective. To examine if new social networks form between families participating in a group-level pediatric obesity prevention trial.Methods. Latino parent-preschool child dyads (N=79) completed the 3-month trial. The intervention met weekly in consistent groups to practice healthy lifestyles. The control met monthly in inconsistent groups to learn about school readiness. UCINET and SIENA were used to examine network dynamics.Results. Children’s mean age was 4.2 years (SD=0.9), and 44% were overweight/obese (BMI≥85th percentile). Parents were predominantly mothers (97%), with a mean age of 31.4 years (SD=5.4), and 81% were overweight/obese (BMI≥25). Over the study, a new social network evolved among participating families. Parents selectively formed friendship ties based on child BMI z-score, (t=2.08;P<.05). This reveals the tendency for mothers to form new friendships with mothers whose children have similar body types.Discussion. Participating in a group-level intervention resulted in new social network formation. New ties were greatest with mothers who had children of similar body types. This finding might contribute to the known inability of parents to recognize child overweight.

A model of social network formation under the impact of structural balance

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (09) ◽  
pp. 1650051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Li ◽  
Jiajun Cheng ◽  
Yingwen Chen ◽  
Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
Structural Balance ◽  
Negative Links ◽  
Social Network Formation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Negative Relationships ◽  
Industrial Societies

Social networks have attracted remarkable attention from both academic and industrial societies and it is of great importance to understand the formation of social networks. However, most existing research cannot be applied directly to investigate social networks, where relationships are heterogeneous and structural balance is a common phenomenon. In this paper, we take both positive and negative relationships into consideration and propose a model to characterize the process of social network formation under the impact of structural balance. In this model, a new node first establishes a link with an existing node and then tries to connect to each of the newly connected node’s neighbors. If a new link is established, the type of this link is determined by structural balance. Then we analyze the degree distribution of the generated network theoretically, and estimate the fractions of positive and negative links. All analysis results are verified by simulations. These results are of importance to understand the formation of social networks, and the model can be easily extended to consider more realistic situations.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-being and Intergenerational Support Exchange in Old Age in Rural Vietnam

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-91
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ha Dong
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Support Exchange

This paper investigates how intergeneration support influence rural elders’ subjective wellbeing in Vietnam, based on the data of the survey ‘Strengthening Social En gagement in Elderly Care in Changing Economic and Family Structure in Asia: Policy and Practical Dialogues between Local Communities in Vietnam and Japan’ conducted in 2017. The sample analysis of this paper is 307 respondents aged 60 and older in rural areas in the middle of Vietnam. Subjective wellbeing includes psychological well-being, self-rated health and life satisfaction. We find that all elders’ psychological wellbeing becomes more positive when they provide financial support for their children. Despite the economic difficulties and the prevalence of filial norm, the financial provision is not viewed as the burden to the older adults but helps them to confirm their position and power in the intergenerational relations. Nonetheless, receiving the spiritual care is more like to improve their psychological well-being and life satisfaction. The results suggest that the effect of the intergenerational support exchange should be taken into consideration when improving the quality of life for the elderly.

scholarly journals Telemedicine in elderly care during the Covid-19 Pandemic: experience report

2021 ◽  
pp. 48257-48260
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Geriatric Assessment ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Experience Report ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Structural Problems

Introduction: Telemedicine has been progressively applied and accepted, especially in the current context, the new Coronavirus pandemic, with an overload on the health system and the need for social isolation. Objective: To report the experience of global geriatric assessment practice by medical students through teleconsultations. Experience report: Teleconsultations were carried out by medical students in which instruments were applied for the global geriatric assessment of a 72-year-old woman from a short-term institution. Results: It was identified that the patient was independent to perform activities of daily living, however, she had uncontrolled blood pressure, depressed mood and demonstrated incredibility to the vaccination. The experience proved to be beneficial for students, due to the geriatric practice, and for the elderly woman, who received guidance to meet health demands and ensure her overall well-being. Conclusion: Telemedicine is a promising tool to ensure comprehensive care for elderly patients in a context of social isolation. Teleconsultations were important to highlight the advantages and obstacles of this type of care, which still requires overcoming complex structural problems for its effective application, such as the need for investment in equal access to quality internet and training of health professionals and the elderly in management of digital media.

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