scholarly journals Personal Support Networks of Young People with Mild Intellectual Disabilities during the Transition to Adult Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11810
Author(s):  
Judit Fullana ◽  
Gemma Díaz-Garolera ◽  
Carolina Puyaltó ◽  
Ana Rey ◽  
Rosario Fernández-Peña
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Young People ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Comparative Results

Social support networks occupy a priority position requiring attention in the processes of social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities, during their transition to adult life. The objective of the study was to analyze social support from a relational approach through Personal Network Analysis. A total of 41 young people with mild intellectual disabilities participated in the study, in two groups differentiated according to their educational stage, either compulsory secondary education or post-compulsory training. Descriptive and comparative results are presented based on the variables of structure, composition, and functional content in the social support of their personal networks. The results show that both groups have restricted personal networks, made up of members of the family and the educational environment who constitute the main providers of support. When moving towards adult life, the change in social contacts in other educational, geographical, and relational settings may mean a change in the provision of support received in previous life stages. Developing social and educational actions to support these people in the development and maintenance of social relationships is essential to their access to support resources that will affect their social inclusion.

Working with Young People

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Inclusion Process ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Perspective ◽  
Practical Experiences

The book offers a new outlook on social, cultural and educational work with young people. It is the perspective of social pedagogy: a theoretical and practical perspective that has been developing in continental Europe over the last 150 years. Social pedagogy poses a way of acting that places young people at the center of socio-educational work, putting their decisions and actions into value. It aims to accompany them in their life process of personal construction within the framework of the community in which they live. The book is organized into three large blocks of chapters. The introduction aims to prepare readers for the social pedagogy approach to work with young people. It briefly outlines its current situation in the world and, relate it to the main professions in which it is embodied in different socio-cultural contexts: social pedagogy, social education, and social work. The first block presents the framework and socio-pedagogical, theoretical, and practical parameters in which work with young people takes place in Europe and Latin America. The second block of chapters deals with youth policies and the training and professionalization of educators and those who work with young people. The last block focuses on some socio-educational practices with young people that include youth justice, social inclusion process, youth participation in digital life or transition to adult life. The book is based on a wide perspective of young people from cultural diversity. All the contributions of this book are based on research and practical experiences.

Effects on Social Support Networks: Exploring the Impact of Type and Severity of Abuse Experienced by Children and Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity A. Quirk ◽  
Debra J. Rickwood
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Young People ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Social Support Networks ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

The importance of social networks for young people who have experienced abuse and neglect remains an underdeveloped area of research and practice. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between abuse experienced by children and adolescents and subsequent outcomes on their social support networks. The study sample consisted of 85 clients (aged 8–15) of a service specifically for children reported to child protection due to child abuse and neglect. Abuse was measured using the Harm Consequences Assessment (HCA), which recorded the level of abuse experienced in five domains: Abandonment/No Appropriate Carer, Developmental and Medical Harm, Emotional and Psychological Harm, Physical Harm and Injury, and Sexual Harm. This also ranked abuse experienced in terms of severity: concerning, serious or extreme. Social network was measured using the Social Network Map. Analyses revealed a very high level of abuse for most young people across multiple domains. Social support was most evident in the “other family” category, and a relatively high level of perceived support was reported. There were few significant associations between levels of abuse and social support networks. However, one significant effect evident was for those young people who had not experienced developmental abuse who reported a significantly better network quality in work/school area of life than those who had experienced concerning or serious developmental abuse. This study contributes to an important body of emerging evidence on social support networks for children who have experienced maltreatment.

Social networks and personal support from the perspective of young people with intellectual disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Maria Pallisera ◽  
Judit Noell Fullana ◽  
Montserrat Vilà ◽  
Gemma Diaz-Garolera ◽  
Carolina Puyalto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities

scholarly journals Personal Support Networks as Moderators in Dyadic Employee-Supervisor Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 67-85
Author(s):  
Frank W. Hager ◽  
◽  
Norbert G. Brink ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Social Support Networks ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Self Rated Health

Health-promoting management behaviour and the associated social support require professional and social competences of supervisors. The behaviour of leaders has an impact on motivation, commitment, as well as on the mental and physical health of their employees – and consequently on their ability to work and employability. Thus, from an entrepreneurial point of view, the skill of managers to provide adequate social support is an indispensable prerequisite for the economic success of the organisation. The two-way relationship (dyad) between the leader and the led, as a reciprocal, dynamic negotiation process, is in the focus of this investigation. For this research in the field of social support, the functions and effects of personal, social support networks have been considered. The question arises, as to whether they can compensate or moderate inadequate social support from supervisors and its effects on the employee’s state of health. From a differential view, social support networks can be understood as a matrix, providing the infrastructure for the production and distribution of a broad spectrum of social support benefits, which in turn represent the social resources of an employee – an important factor for her/his physical and mental health. Social resources in the form of social relationships and social interactions can help to cope with workloads and to better master challenges. In stressful situations, it is helpful to receive emotional or practical support from the support networks of the primary environment. The sample comprises of managers in middle management (N = 132) from different German automotive suppliers. In the examination, the Survey of Perceived Supervisor Support (SPSS), the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Evaluation of Social Systems Scale (EVOS) has been used. It was postulated that the quality of social support networks (mirrored by the EVOS-dimensions “quality of relationships” and “self-efficacy”) moderate the relationship between perceived supervisor support and employees self-rated health. Partly, significant correlations between perceived supervisory support and the self-rated health dimensions “emotional well-being”, “energy/fatigue” and “role limitations due to personal or emotional problems” could be determined. It was also possible to gain the important insight that the networking of employees outside the official hierarchical structures plays an essential role in coping with stress.

scholarly journals Support networks and people with physical disabilities: social inclusion and access to health services

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Marques de Almeida Holanda ◽  
Fabienne Louise Juvêncio Paes de Andrade ◽  
Maria Aparecida Bezerra ◽  
João Paulo da Silva Nascimento ◽  
Robson da Fonseca Neves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities

This study seeks to identify the formation of social support networks of people with physical disabilities, and how these networks can help facilitate access to health services and promote social inclusion. It is a cross-sectional study, with data collected via a form applied to physically disabled persons over eighteen years of age registered with the Family Health Teams of the municipal district of João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba. It was observed that the support networks of these individuals predominantly consist of family members (parents, siblings, children, spouses) and people outside the family (friends and neighbors). However, 50% of the interviewees declared that they could not count on any support from outside the family. It was observed that the support network contributes to access to the services and participation in social groups. However, reduced social inclusion was detected, due to locomotion difficulties, this being the main barrier to social interaction. Among those individuals who began to interact in society, the part played by social support was fundamental.

The embeddedness of social capital in personal networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
José Luis Molina ◽  
Alejandro García-Macías ◽  
Miranda J. Lubbers ◽  
Hugo Valenzuela-Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Occupational Group ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Occupational Prestige ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Overlapping Sets

AbstractName generators (NGs) and position generators (PGs) have been used to measure resources embedded in personal relationships, namely social support and social capital, respectively. Comparisons of these measures adopted NGs that only elicit a small number of alters (max. 5). In this paper we explore whether the measurement of social capital with NGs eliciting larger personal networks (say 15 to 20 alters) gives more comparable results to the PG in terms of occupational prestige. To address this issue, we designed a personal network questionnaire that combined a multiple name generator (MNG) and a PG and enquired about alter characteristics and alter-alter ties for the two sets of nominations simultaneously, allowing their integrated analysis. The questionnaire was implemented in the software EgoNet to collect data from social/environmental entrepreneurs in Spain (N = 30) and Mexico (N = 30. The analysis shows that the two approaches capture mostly non-overlapping sets of personal network members, suggesting that the PG measured in this case available, but not accessed social capital. Remarkably the NG led to a higher average prestige for this occupational group than the PG, but also a lower heterogeneity in prestige. The consequences of using one or another approach and their interpretations are discussed.

scholarly journals A Privilege not a Choice: Transnational Support Networks of Asylum Seekers and Expatriates

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorottya Hoór
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Opportunity Structures ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Social Fields ◽  
Transnational Social Fields

The article explores how different factors shape migrants’ transnational social fields and support networks through a comparative study of two different groups of migrants—asylum seekers and expatriates—in Budapest, Hungary. To do so, the study employs a parallel mixed‐methods social network design by combining personal network data with qualitative data based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with thirty‐three migrants in the aftermath of the 2015 refugee crisis. The article presents three key findings: First, it finds that asylum seekers’ and expatriates’ networks differ on several key characteristics, as asylum seekers’ close personal networks are less efficient, smaller in size, and show a remarkable lack of friendship and transnational support ties. Second, it also finds that asylum seekers have limited access to social support and, especially so, to financial and emotional support. Lastly, using multi‐level models, the article also demonstrates how migrants’ legal status and the transnationality of their support ties affect their access to financial support, as well as how their gender and legal status shape their access to emotional support. These findings illustrate how migrants’ individual opportunity structures affect their transnational practices alongside their access to social support, while also highlighting the importance of several individual and contextual factors which contribute to the diverse integration processes of migrants.

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