TY - JOUR T1 - Psychosocial and clinical variables in pregnant adolescents. A survey of maternity home residents A1 - Koniak-Griffin D. Y1 - 1989/// PD - / AB - Substantial research exists about pregnant adolescents, but there are few studies focusing on this population in residential maternity homes. This survey was designed to gather data about demographic and clinical characteristics, self-esteem, and social support available to adolescents in two maternity homes in Los Angeles. Adolescents' attachment to their unborn fetus was also evaluated. The culturally diverse sample included 90 unmarried subjects between 14 and 19 years of age. Results suggest that adolescents in maternity homes possess many of the same attributes as pregnant adolescents in the larger community. Self-esteem scores of residents of the Self-Esteem Inventory (mean = 66.67) were similar to those reported in other studies of pregnant adolescents. There was great variation found in the quantity and quality of functional social support received by residents. Family (97.8%) and friends (78.8%) were identified as significant individuals in the social network of the residents. Although the majority of adolescents had not plannned their pregnancy, their scores on the prenatal attachment questionnaire supported a positive affiliation with their fetus. Based on these findings, recommendations are offered for programs to facilitate the development of self-esteem and support enhancing skills of pregnant adolescents living in residential maternity homes. JO - Journal of Adolescent Health Care PB - Elsevier Inc. (360 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10010, United States) CY - United States VL - 10 IS - 1 PG - 23-29 SP - 23 EP - 29 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0197-0070%2889%2990042-9 UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-08 21:58:06)(Select): Uses social support Q; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-26 02:03:04)(Select): range=14-19 mean age=16.68; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Associations between the mental health and social networks of children and parents in single-parent families: A comparison between a clinical group and a control group A1 - Samuelsson M.A.K. Y1 - 1994/// PD - / AB - The parents and children in single-parent families were studied. A group of 39 children ages 9-16 years who had been patients at a child and adolescent psychiatric clinic and a control group with an equal number of children were interviewed together with their single parent regarding social network and mental health. The networks of children and parents in the control group were more similar to each other than the networks of parents and children in the patient group. The crosswise influence of parents' mental health, children's behavioural disturbances and social networks showed associations between parents' mental health and children's behavioural disturbances, between parents's social networks and children's behavioural disturbances and between parents' mental health and their social networks. There was, on the other hand, no association between parents' mental health and the social networks of their children. JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd (9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, United Kingdom) CY - Denmark VL - 90 IS - 6 PG - 438-445 SP - 438 EP - 445 AN - DO - UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-10-17 10:53:50)(Select): Hard copy- will locate!; Joint Login (2018-10-12 21:38:40)(Select): No full text; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Family and social contexts of adolescent re-offenders A1 - Hagell A. A1 - Newburn T. Y1 - 1996/// PD - / AB - Drawn from a representative sample, 74 young people (15-16-years-old on average) who were being arrested frequently by the police ('re offenders') were traced and interviewed wherever they were living about aspects of their family and social lives. Interview data revealed high levels of family disruption and a wide variety of current and past living circumstances. Interviewees reported good relationships with their mothers and strong social ties with friends and peers. Few were involved in any constructive day to day activities, a third claiming to be unemployed and most doing nothing. Drug and alcohol use were widespread and heavy, and there was evidence of many attempts to get help for a variety of problems-half had had some sort of psychological intervention or counselling arranged for them-and distress, general stresses and lack of support were not uncommon. Intervention and policy implications are discussed. JO - Journal of Adolescence PB - Academic Press (24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX, United Kingdom) CY - United Kingdom VL - 19 IS - 1 PG - 5-18 SP - 5 EP - 18 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jado.1996.0002 UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-28 22:41:17)(Select): Asks about range of social relationships; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 00:31:22)(Select): mean age= 15.9; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social network characteristics associated with risky behaviors among runaway and homeless youth A1 - Ennett S.T. A1 - Bailey S.L. A1 - Federman E.B. Y1 - 1999/// PD - / AB - Runaway and homeless youth are at high risk for substance abuse and unsafe sexual behavior. Our study describes the personal social networks of these youth and examines network characteristics associated with risky behaviors. In 1995 and 1996, we interviewed a purposive sample of youth aged 14 through 21 who were living in Washington, DC and were identified on the streets or through shelters or other service agencies (N = 327). Although we found that most youth reported current social relationships, a significant minority (26%) did not. Youth without a social network were significantly more likely to report current illicit drug use, multiple sex partners, and survival sex than youth with a network. For youth with a network, the networks were small, strong in affective and supportive qualities, comprised primarily of friends, typically included an alcohol or illicit drug user, and usually were not a source of pressure for risky behaviors. Our results indicate that networks had risk-enhancing and risk-decreasing properties in that network characteristics were associated in both positive and negative directions with risky behaviors. JO - Journal of health and social behavior PB - CY - United States VL - 40 IS - 1 PG - 63-78 SP - 63 EP - 78 AN - DO - UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-21 22:56:44)(Select): Network generator questions; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 01:21:41)(Select): mean age =17.4 range=14-21; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Relationship Between Spanish Language Use and Substance Use Behaviors Among Latino Youth: A Social Network Approach A1 - Allen M.L. A1 - Elliott M.N. A1 - Fuligni A.J. A1 - Morales L.S. A1 - Hambarsoomian K. A1 - Schuster M.A. Y1 - 2008/// PD - / AB - Purpose: Greater acculturation is associated with higher rates of substance use among Latino adolescents, but the reasons are poorly understood. One potential explanation is that social networks change with acculturation, leading to decreased protection and increased risk. Our objective was to identify Spanish language-sensitive individual and social network attributes associated with substance use in Latino adolescents. Methods: Latino eighth-grade students in a Los Angeles public middle school completed a computerized, self-administered survey about tobacco, alcohol, drug use, and parental monitoring; and description of 30 social network members. Regression analyses were used to estimate the independent associations of network-level Spanish language use and other factors with a substance use behavior scale. Mediation analysis identified Spanish language-sensitive attributes. Results: Network-level Spanish language use was associated with a substance use scale in bivariate but not multivariate models. Protective Spanish language-sensitive attributes included greater numbers of extended family members in the network, less substance use among network members, and greater perceived parental monitoring. Risky Spanish language-insensitive attributes include more high school aged network members. Conclusions: These results suggest that parental monitoring and some characteristics of social networks account for the relationship between Spanish language use and substance use among Latino adolescents. Clinic- or community-based interventions that enhance protective characteristics of social networks in Latino adolescents may be effective. © 2008 Society for Adolescent Medicine. JO - Journal of Adolescent Health PB - Elsevier USA (6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando FL 32862 8239, United States) CY - United States VL - 43 IS - 4 PG - 372-379 SP - 372 EP - 379 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.016 UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-29 21:14:36)(Select): Range= 12-15; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Attributing activity space as risky and safe: The social dimension to the meaning of place for urban adolescents A1 - Mason M.J. Y1 - 2010/// PD - / AB - The social dimension of urban adolescents' interpretation of their activity space was investigated by examining reasons for attributing place as risky and safe, and analyzing these reasons by social network quality. Activity space and social network data were collected on 301 teens presenting for routine medical check-ups. SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys performed linguistic analyses on open-ended survey responses, applying concept derivation, concept inclusion, semantic networks, and co-occurrence rules. Results produced 13 categories of reasons for locations attributed as risky and safe. Categories were then transformed into dichotomous variables and analyzed with chi-square tests by social network quality. Results indicated two categories of reasons for locations attributed as risky: alcohol and drugs and Illegal activity, which were dependent upon social network quality. Two categories of reasons for locations attributed as safe, namely protective place and Neighborhood, were also dependent upon social network quality. These findings assert that adolescents' social networks influence their interpretations of risk and safety, highlighting a social dimension to the meaning of place. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. JO - Health and Place PB - Elsevier Ltd (Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, United Kingdom) CY - United Kingdom VL - 16 IS - 5 PG - 926-933 SP - 926 EP - 933 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.004 UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-08 22:42:53)(Select): No full text; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Age differences among homeless individuals: Adolescence through adulthood A1 - Tompsett C.J. A1 - Fowler P.J. A1 - Toro P.A. Y1 - 2009/// PD - / AB - The present study examines differences between homeless adolescents, young adults, and older adults served by homeless shelters or food programs to inform service provision. Four homeless studies using the same sampling and measurement methods were pooled to permit comparisons across age groups. Results showed that homeless adolescents demonstrated greater resilience than younger and older adults. Adolescents reported the shortest duration of homelessness, lowest number of life stressors, fewest physical symptoms, largest social networks, and fewest clinically significant mental health problems. Adolescents also received fewer alcohol and drug abuse diagnoses than younger and older adults. Younger adults reported less time homeless and fewer physical symptoms than older adults, but more life stressors. Younger adults also endorsed higher levels of hostile and paranoid psychological symptoms. Implications for service provision and policy are discussed. JO - Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community PB - Routledge (325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19106, United States) CY - United States VL - 37 IS - 2 PG - 86-99 SP - 86 EP - 99 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852350902735551 UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-09 01:01:57)(Select): Uses social network interview; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 03:01:39)(Select): Separates 13-17yr olds from rest of sample; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Motivational interviewing integrated with social network counseling for female adolescents: A randomized pilot study in urban primary care A1 - Mason M. A1 - Pate P. A1 - Drapkin M. A1 - Sozinho K. Y1 - 2011/// PD - / AB - This study tested the efficacy of a brief preventive intervention for substance use and associated risk behaviors among female adolescent patients of an urban primary care health clinic. We integrated an evidenced-based motivational interviewing (MI) approach with a social network component to develop a 20-minute session, a social network intervention delivered in an MI-consistent style. Female adolescents (N = 28) 14 to 18 years old were recruited, provided consent/assent, were screened, and were randomly assigned to the treatment or control (no treatment) condition. The sample was 82% African American and 18% mixed race, with 32% living below the U.S. poverty line. At 1-month follow-up, teens in the treatment condition reported less trouble due to alcohol use, less substance use before sexual intercourse, less social stress, less offers for marijuana use, and increased readiness to start counseling compared with the teens in the control condition. Results provide support for socially based brief interventions with at-risk urban adolescents. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment PB - Elsevier Inc. (360 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10010, United States) CY - United States VL - 41 IS - 2 PG - 148-155 SP - 148 EP - 155 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.02.009 UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-25 23:03:52)(Select): mean age= 16 yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Predictors of social network composition among homeless and runaway adolescents A1 - Johnson K.D. A1 - Whitbeck L.B. A1 - Hoyt D.R. Y1 - 2005/// PD - / AB - Recent research on the social support networks of homeless and runaway youth suggest the social networks of runaway youth are made up largely of transient deviant peer relationships. This paper examined social network characteristics of 428 homeless and runaway adolescents from small-to moderate-sized cities in four Midwestern states. We investigated size, homogeneity, and correlates of the composition of the instrumental and emotional support networks as reported by the adolescents. Results showed the networks are considerably heterogeneous, comprised of relationships from home and the street as well as family and non-related adults. Further, the composition of these networks is related to adolescent characteristics and experiences including sexual identity, abuse history, and street experience. © 2005 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. JO - Journal of Adolescence PB - Academic Press (24-28 Oval Road, London NW1 7DX, United Kingdom) CY - United Kingdom VL - 28 IS - 2 SPEC. ISSS. PG - 231-248 SP - 231 EP - 248 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.02.005 UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-09-12 23:06:15)(Select): Mean age= 17.4; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social influences on alcohol use among first nations adolescents A1 - Spillane N.S. A1 - Colby S.M. A1 - Barnett N.P. Y1 - 2015/// PD - / AB - Objectives: The social context of the Indigenous communities is unlike any other in North America. There are large, complex extended kinship networks made up of many cousins, aunties, and uncles, as well as extended and "fictive kin". We currently have an incomplete picture of how these unique social relationships influence youth alcohol use because previous studies have failed to capture the complete network of important individuals by narrowly focusing on peers and utilizing narrow definitions of family (i.e., parents). To gain a richer understanding of how this unique social context contributes to alcohol use among Indigenous youth, we used an ego-centered Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach. Ego-centered approaches hold that an individual's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors are a function of the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of their social network. The purpose of this study was to apply this methodology to study social influences and alcohol use in Indigenous youth. Method: Participants included 22 (11 male; 11 female) First Nation adolescents between the ages of 12-17 years living on a reserve located in Eastern Canada. Participants were administered questionnaires about frequency of alcohol and marijuana use and a modified version of the Important People Interview (IPI: Clifford & Langabaugh, 1991). The IPI asks respondents to list up to 10 important people in their lives and answer questions about their alcohol and other substance use. Results: Both number of friends (r = .660, p = .001) and drinkers (r = .781, p < .001) nominated were positively associated with frequency of adolescent's alcohol use. Number of family members in youth's personal network was negatively associated with frequency of alcohol use (r = -.452, p = .040). When entered simultaneously in a multiple regression, controlling for age and sex, we found that number of drinkers was the only variable that remained significantly related to alcohol use (b =.433, p = .046). Conclusions: Although preliminary, our results highlight the importance of taking a social network approach to studying social influences in this area. Our results suggest that although friends have been found to serve as risk factors and family as protective factors, both may be inconsequential when number of drinkers in the network is taken into account. These results, suggest network interventions that can permeate the adolescents network may be best suited for this population. JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd CY - VL - 39 IS - SUPPL. 1 PG - 273A SP - 273A EP - AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.12742 UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-09-25 21:50:33)(Select): Symposium from 38th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 20‐24 – San Antonio, Texas; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 00:47:47)(Select): Presentation abstract; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi A1 - Rock A. A1 - Barrington C. A1 - Abdoulayi S. A1 - Tsoka M. A1 - Mvula P. A1 - Handa S. Y1 - 2016/// PD - / AB - Abstract Extensive research documents that social network characteristics affect health, but knowledge of peer networks of youth in Malawi and sub-Saharan Africa is limited. We examine the networks and social participation of youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi, using in-depth interviews with 32 youth and caregivers. We describe youth's peer networks and assess how gender and the context of extreme poverty influence their networks and participation, and how their networks influence health. In-school youth had larger, more interactive, and more supportive networks than out-of-school youth, and girls described less social participation and more isolation than boys. Youth exchanged social support and influence within their networks that helped cope with poverty-induced stress and sadness, and encouraged protective sexual health practices. However, poverty hampered their involvement in school, religious schools, and community organizations, directly by denying them required material means, and indirectly by reducing time and emotional resources and creating shame and stigma. Poverty alleviation policy holds promise for improving youth's social wellbeing and mental and physical health by increasing their opportunities to form networks, receive social support, and experience positive influence.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd JO - Social Science and Medicine PB - Elsevier Ltd CY - United Kingdom VL - 170 IS - (Handa) Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States PG - 55-62 SP - 55 EP - 62 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.10.005 UR - http://www.elsevier.com/locate/socscimed NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-01 22:29:19)(Select): in- ventories of peer social network and personal network members; Imogen Nevard (2018-09-04 03:23:05)(Select): *Peer networks only; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 01:24:18)(Select): Mean age= 15; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social networks and participation with others for youth with learning, attention, and autism spectrum disorders/Réseaux sociaux et participation avec les autres, chez des adolescents ayant des troubles d'apprentissage, de l'attention et du spectre de l'autisme A1 - Kreider, Consuelo M. A1 - Bendixen, Roxanna M. A1 - Young, Mary Ellen A1 - Prudencio, Stephanie M. A1 - McCarty, Christopher A1 - Mann, William C. Y1 - 2016/// PD - AB - Background. Social participation involves activities and roles providing interactions with others, including those within their social networks. Purpose. This study sought to characterize social networks and participation with others for 36 youth, ages 11 to 16 years, with (n ¼ 19) and without (n ¼ 17) learning disability, attention disorder, or high-functioning autism. Method. Social networks were measured using methods of personal network analysis. The Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment With Whom dimension scores were used to measure participation with others. Youth from the clinical group were interviewed regarding their experiences within their social networks. Findings. Group differences were observed for six social network variables and in the proportion of overall, physical, recreational, social, and informal activities engaged with family and/or friends. Qualitative findings explicated strategies used in building, shaping, and maintaining social networks. Implications. Social network factors should be considered when seeking to understand social participation. 53 references JO - Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy PB - Sage Publications Inc CY - United States, United States VL - 83 IS - 1 PG - 14-26 SP - 14 EP - 26 AN - 1764145931; 1248537 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0008417415583107 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1764145931?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 00:51:35)(Select): Range= 11-16; ER - TY - THES T1 - Educating Transient Youth: Influence of Residential Instability on Educational Resilience A1 - Hallett, Ronald Edward Y1 - /// PD - AB - Homeless youth face many barriers that limit their ability to complete a high school diploma and transition to postsecondary education. The federal government passed the McKinney-Vento Act over 20 years ago to address issues of access to public education for homeless youth. The most recent reauthorization of the law expanded the definition of homelessness to include youth living doubled-up--a residential situation that occurs when more than one family is forced to live together as a result of economic hardship. Although these youth represent over half of the students covered by the federal law, few studies have been conducted to understand their experiences. Framed by Resiliency Theory, this dissertation study investigated how living doubled-up influenced the youth's educational participation. The seven month case study of four adolescents living in Los Angeles used data gathered from interviews, observations and document analysis to identify risk and protective characteristics of the youth's experiences. This dissertation demonstrated how complex the residential situations were as well as identifying aspects of living doubled-up that encouraged educational success. Main findings from the study suggest that: (1) families have multiple ways of arranging doubled-up residences; (2) how the families structure the doubled-up residences influences educational resilience; and, (3) the social network outside the home shapes how youth living doubled-up understand the educational process. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] JO - PB - CY - VL - IS - PG - 280 SP - 280 EP - AN - 1018481132; ED531355 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1018481132?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-28 22:49:20)(Select): Uses social network web; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 02:06:02)(Select): Range= 16-17; ER - TY - GEN T1 - Social Stereotyping in Children with Learning Disabilities: Myth or Reality? A1 - Hoyle, Sally G. A1 - Serafica, Felicisima C. Y1 - 1987/// PD - AB - Actual and perceived social relations and teacher ratings of social competence in 20 learning disabled (LD) and 20 nonLD children (mean age 11 years) were investigated. A sociometric group included 200 nonLD children in classrooms attended by both groups. Children completed sociometric and social network questionnaires along with the Perceived Competence Scale. Homeroom teachers completed the Behavior Problem Checklist and the Teacher's Version of the Perceived Competence Scale. Results revealed that LD and nonLD children did not differ in the number of unilateral friendship nominations received, reciprocal nominations, liking ratings received, or social networks. LD children rated themselves lower than nonLD children on cognitive and social competence and general self-esteem. LD children were rated by their teachers as having more behavior problems and lower social competence. The stereotype of LD students as socially rejected was not supported. (Author/CL) JO - PB - CY - VL - IS - PG - 10 SP - 10 EP - AN - 63155598; ED289285 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/63155598?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-24 23:05:34)(Select): Uses social network questionnaire; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 01:19:48)(Select): Mean age= 11; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Effects of Physical Abuse on Children's Social Relationships. A1 - Salzinger, Suzanne Y1 - 1993/// PD - AB - The social behavior and peer status of 87 physically abused and 87 nonmaltreated 8- to 12-year-old children were compared. Found that abused children had lower peer status, were rated by peers as more aggressive and by parents and teachers as more disturbed, and exhibited more insular social networks than nonmaltreated children. (MDM) JO - Child Development PB - CY - VL - 64 IS - 1 PG - 169-187 SP - 169 EP - 187 AN - 62877146; EJ460078 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/62877146?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-25 00:25:23)(Select): Range= 8-12; ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Social Networks of Children Attending Head Start from the Perspective of the Child. A1 - Bost, Kelly K. Y1 - 1994/// PD - AB - Examined the self-descriptions of social support networks provided by 185 African American children attending Head Start programs in Alabama. Although the networks reported by children averaged nearly 20 members, the bulk of the support from network members was provided by household residents and close kin. Girls tended to report having larger social networks than did boys. (MDM) JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly PB - CY - VL - IS - PG - SP - EP - AN - 62711628; EJ495310 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/62711628?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 01:29:22)(Select): range= "48 to 59 months"; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Importance of Social Support in the Adjustment of Children with Learning Problems. A1 - Wenz-Gross, Melodie A1 - Siperstein, Gary N. Y1 - 1997/// PD - AB - This study of 40 children with learning disabilities or mild cognitive delays and 66 children without disabilities (grades 4-6) examined social networks, social supports, friendships, and adjustment. Results indicated that, compared to nondisabled children, the children with learning problems turned to their family less for problem-solving support and to peers less for all types of support. (Author/CR) JO - Exceptional Children PB - CY - VL - 63 IS - 2 PG - 183-193 SP - 183 EP - 193 AN - 62613966; EJ542672 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/62613966?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social Support Networks of African-American Children Attending Head Start: A Longitudinal Investigation of Structural and Supportive Network Characteristics A1 - Bost, Kelly K. A1 - Vaughn, Brian E. A1 - Boston, Ada L. A1 - Kazura, Kerry L. A1 - O'Neal, Colleen Y1 - 2004/// PD - AB - This study examined the stability and coherence of African-American children's social support networks. Participants included a total of 106 3- to 4-year-old children attending Head Start centers located in the southeast. Children completed a social network interview in two consecutive years at the Head Start centers. These interviews tapped multiple dimensions of the support network including social embeddedness, proportion of the network providing support, and perceived support. Analyses focused on both the rank-order stability of children with respect to network characteristics as well as stability of network relationships (the same individuals included in the network at both time periods). Results indicated age-related increases in network size for adult and child categories, network size across three support domains, proportion of support scores, and perceived support from adults. In addition to age-related changes, analyses revealed considerable rank-order stability with respect to structural network dimensions, but very little rank-order stability in proportion of support and perceived support scores. In contrast, both structural and supportive components of the children's networks were shown to be coherent over a one-year period when specific network member relationships were examined. Discussion highlights both continuities and discontinuities in young children's social networks, and how data obtained in this study contribute to theory building and the systematic examination of African-American children's emerging social networks. JO - Social Development PB - Blackwell Publishing. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. CY - VL - 13 IS - 3 PG - 393-412 SP - 393 EP - 412 AN - 61922503; EJ687370 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/61922503?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-24 22:50:05)(Select): Uses social network interviews; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 02:04:38)(Select): range= 3-4yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Supportive Relationships as a Moderator of the Effects of Parent and Peer Drinking on Adolescent Drinking A1 - Urberg, Kathryn A1 - Goldstein, Marilyn S. A1 - Toro, Paul A. Y1 - 2005/// PD - AB - The goal of this study was to explore whether supportiveness from a parent or a friend moderated the effects of the supportive person's drinking on the trajectory of adolescent alcohol abuse dependence symptoms. High-risk adolescents recruited from shelters and a matched sample of adolescents recruited from the sheltered adolescent's former neighborhood completed assessments at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months. Measures included the Social Network Interview, assessing the drinking and supportiveness of everyone in the network. The alcohol module of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children was also administered. Hierarchical Linear Modeling identified predictors of the trajectory of alcohol symptoms of the 401 adolescents over 18 months. The results showed that the baseline levels of parental drinking predicted increased symptoms over time only for those with low parental support. In contrast, the baseline level of peer alcohol use predicted increased symptoms over time only for those with high peer support. The pattern of results did not differ for shelter youth compared to neighborhood controls. JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence PB - Journal Customer Services, Blackwell Publishing, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. CY - VL - 15 IS - 1 PG - 1-19 SP - 1 EP - 19 AN - 62143610; EJ686833 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/62143610?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 02:07:50)(Select): range=13-17yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Influence of Academic Tracking on Adolescent Social Networks A1 - Fisher, Kim W. A1 - Shogren, Karrie A. Y1 - 2016/// PD - AB - This study examined adolescents' social capital, through social network analyses (i.e., ego network analyses), in two high schools where students were placed into academic tracks adopted by the schools and shaped by disability status (i.e., general education, co-taught, segregated special education classrooms). The impact of academic tracks, as well as the impact of personal and environmental characteristics, on ego networks was examined. Differences in ego network structural characteristics (i.e., network size, density, effective size, and efficiency) across academics tracks, differences in information communication technology (ICT) use, and participation in informal social activity for students in the segregated special education track are highlighted. Implications for research and practice, including supporting the use of ICT and ego network mapping during instruction, are provided. JO - Remedial and Special Education PB - SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. CY - VL - 37 IS - 2 PG - 89-100 SP - 89 EP - 100 AN - 1826519380; EJ1091664 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826519380?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-24 22:20:08)(Select): Collects eg9 network data; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gender differences in the structure and support characteristics of black adolescents' social networks A1 - Coates, D L Y1 - 1987/// PD - AB - Explores gender differences in the social network characteristics of 390 Black American adolescents with a mean age of 14.8. Each adolescent completed the Social Network Record (SNR), which yields scores representing the organizational/demographic structure and the quality of emotional support in the network. It was hypothesized that males and females would construct different network profiles. Gender differences in both structural and support characteristics were found. (Abstract amended) JO - Sex Roles: A Journal of Research PB - CY - VL - 17 IS - Dec 87 PG - 667-687 SP - 667 EP - 687 AN - 57439189; 8823189 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/57439189?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social network constellation and sexuality of sexually abused and comparison girls in childhood and adolescence A1 - Noll, Jennie G A1 - Trickett, Penelope K A1 - Putnam, Frank W Y1 - 2000/// PD - AB - Noll et al examine how childhood and early adolescent peer and nonpeer social networks relate to sexual attitudes and behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood for sexually abused and comparison girls. JO - Child Maltreatment PB - SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. CY - Thousand Oaks VL - 5 IS - 4 PG - 323-337 SP - 323 EP - 337 AN - 197291697 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/197291697?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 01:23:27)(Select): range=6.1-15.9 (longitudinal); ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social resources and psychosocial adaptation of homeless school aged children A1 - Torquati, J C A1 - Gamble, W C Y1 - 2001/// PD - AB - Examined social resources and psychosocial adaptation of 38 children aged 6-12 years (21 male, 17 female) who were experiencing a housing crisis. Results indicate that the impact of stressors depended on the informant: mother-reported stressors significantly predicted negative parenting, internalizing, and externalizing; and child-reported stressors were inversely associated with positive parenting and school adaptation, and positively correlated with child's negative affect. Mothers were nominated over 3 times more frequently than any other social network member, and almost half of the children did not identify any friends in their social network. Satisfaction with support was associated with less negative affect. Results suggest that social resources provide unique opportunities for the development of competence for children. (Original abstract - amended) JO - Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless PB - CY - VL - 10 IS - 4 PG - 305-321 SP - 305 EP - 321 AN - 57842502; 188089 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/57842502?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 01:56:10)(Select): range= 6-12 years; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social support in unaccompanied asylum-seeking boys: a case study A1 - Mels, C A1 - Derluyn, I A1 - Broekaert, E Y1 - 2008/// PD - AB - Background The situation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) is characterized by a substantial disruption of the social network and loss of parental support, seriously jeopardizing their psychological well-being. However, little is known about the role of social support in the lives of UASC. Methods Twelve UASC completed a social support instrument and interview exploring perceived social support and what this implies for both buffering and main effects of social support. Results Asylum centre staff and the ethnic community were the most important resources of support. High importance was ascribed to social companionship as a way of coping. Despite pro-social efforts towards Belgian peers, this group provided hardly any social support. Conclusions The provision of social support could enhance UASC's well-being through buffering effects (e.g. social companionship as avoidant/distractive coping) and main effects (acceptance by Belgian peers enhancing self-esteem). The asylum centre shows a great potential to stimulate UASC's psychological well-being by expanding the psychosocial function of staff members and community treatment. Adapted from the source document. JO - Child: Care, Health and Development PB - Blackwell Publishing, Oxford UK CY - VL - 34 IS - 6 PG - 757-762 SP - 757 EP - 762 AN - 839573949; 201102868 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00883.x UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/839573949?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 00:18:08)(Select): Mean age= 16.3; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social Network Influences on Service Use Among Urban, African American Youth with Mental Health Problems A1 - Lindsey, Michael A A1 - Barksdale, Crystal L A1 - Lambert, Sharon F A1 - Ialongo, Nicholas S Y1 - 2010/// PD - AB - Purpose To examine the associations between the size and quality of African-American adolescents' social networks and their mental health service use, and to examine whether these social network characteristics moderate the association between need for services because of emotional or behavioral difficulties and use of services. Method Participants were a community sample of African-American adolescents (N = 465; 46.2% female; mean age, 14.78) initially recruited in 1st grade for participation in an evaluation of two preventive intervention trials. Social network influences and adolescents' mental health service use in schools and community were accessed. Results A significant positive association between adolescents' perception that their social network was helpful and their use of school mental health services was identified. The significant associations between need for services for anxiety, depression, or behavior problems, and school and outpatient service use were moderated by size of the social network. Specifically, among youth in need of services for anxiety or depression, school-based service use was higher for those with larger social networks. Conclusions Implications for enhancing access to formal mental health services include further examination of key social network influences that potentially serve as facilitators or barriers to formal help-seeking. The findings also suggest that it might be important to integrate social network members into interventions to address the mental health needs of adolescents. [Copyright The Society for Adolescent Medicine; published by Elsevier Inc.] JO - Journal of Adolescent Health PB - Elsevier, New York NY CY - VL - 47 IS - 4 PG - 367-373 SP - 367 EP - 373 AN - 822497461; 201032075 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.01.025 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/822497461?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-08 22:22:43)(Select): Name network members then rate them ; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 00:38:56)(Select): Mean age= 14.78; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Characteristics of the Social Support Networks of Maltreated Youth: Exploring the Effects of Maltreatment Experience and Foster Placement A1 - Negriff, Sonya A1 - James, Adam A1 - Trickett, Penelope K Y1 - 2015/// PD - AB - Little is known about the social support networks of maltreated youth or how youth in foster care may compare with those who remain with their parent(s). Social network characteristics and perceived social support were examined between (1) maltreated and comparison youth, (2) maltreated youth who remained with their biological parent, those with a foster parent, or a those with a kin caregiver, and (3) youth in stable placements and those who have changed placements. Data came from a sample of 454 adolescents (241 boys, 9-13 years old at enrollment) who took part in a longitudinal study of child maltreatment. Participants completed three assessments approximately 1 year apart. Results showed that on average, maltreated adolescents named significantly fewer people in their network than comparison adolescents. At Time 2, comparison adolescents reported more same-aged friends. In the maltreatment group, youth with a foster parent reported significantly more older friends than maltreated youth with a kin caregiver. Fewer maltreated youth named a biological parent on the social support questionnaire at all three time points. More youth in kinship care described their caregiver as supportive than those in foster care. These findings indicate that despite heterogeneous placement histories, social support networks among maltreated youth were very similar. JO - Social Development PB - Blackwell Publishing Ltd. CY - Oxford VL - 24 IS - 3 PG - 483-500 SP - 483 EP - 500 AN - 1696068689 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sode.12102 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1696068689?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 03:44:24)(Select): 9-13 years; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Networks, social ties, and informal employment of Bangladeshi street children A1 - Reza, Hasan Y1 - 2017/// PD - AB - Despite a plethora of research on the lives of street children globally, little is known about how they find employment in competitive, informal economies in developing countries. To understand how children connect to informal jobs through street relationships, 75 street children ranging from 10 to 17 years old were interviewed in three sites in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Findings show that social networks play a crucial role in finding work. Network ties help children find new jobs, as network members provide job information, recommend friends or acquaintances to employers, and persuade the employers to hire them. Friends often voluntarily train those who are self-employed in the informal service sectors or those who intend to switch to a new job. JO - Childhood PB - Sage Publications Ltd. CY - London VL - 24 IS - 4 PG - 485-501 SP - 485 EP - 501 AN - 1950794691 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568217711740 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1950794691?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-11 23:58:20)(Select): method of network data collection known as hierarchical mapping technique; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-16 01:16:16)(Select): Range= 10-17; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationships Matter: Understanding the Role and Impact of Social Networks at the Edge of Transition to Adulthood from Care A1 - Élodie Marion A1 - Paulsen, Veronika A1 - Goyette, Martin Y1 - 2017/// PD - AB - In order to better understand the challenges faced by youths in care at the edge of their transition to adulthood, this article focuses on relationships, as these are identified in the literature as determining factors in a successful transition (Coyle and Pinkerton 2012; Reid 2007). Altogether, we have studied the social networks of youths in out-of-home care at the eve of their transition to adulthood using social network theory and personal network analysis. JO - Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal PB - Springer Science & Business Media CY - New York VL - 34 IS - 6 PG - 573-582 SP - 573 EP - 582 AN - 1962553188 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-017-0494-4 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1962553188?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-26 02:24:15)(Select): mean age= 17.82; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social Networks of Children in Single Parent Families: Differences according to Sex, Age, Socioeconomic Status and Housing-Type and Their Associations with Behavioural Disturbances A1 - Samuelsson, Margareta A K Y1 - 1997/// PD - AB - Examines children's personal networks for differences related to sex, socioeconomic status, age, & housing, & assesses possible behavioral linkages, using scale & interview data & drawn network maps from 78 children of single-parent families in Sweden, ages 9-16, 39 of whom had been treated as mental health outpatients; parents completed the Rutter scale for child behavioral disturbances. Analysis of covariance revealed that girls' networks had more & closer friends than those of the boys, but satisfaction with social networks was higher among boys & younger children, than in girls & older children. Girls were also lonelier & more dependent on close contact than boys. Correlations between social networks & behavioral problems were stronger among girls, children of higher socieconomic status, older children, & those living in apartments. Qualitative information, eg, on formation & composition of peer groups, would help provide a more definitive picture of children's social networks. 3 Tables, 38 References. Adapted from the source document. JO - Social Networks PB - CY - VL - 19 IS - 2 PG - 113-127 SP - 113 EP - 127 AN - 61579286; 9803948 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/61579286?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-09-11 23:40:40)(Select): Range= 9-16; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Developmental Vulnerabilities and Strengths of Children Living in Child-Headed Households: A Comparison with Children in Adult-Headed Households in Equivalent Impoverished Communities A1 - Donald, David A1 - Clacherty, Glynis Y1 - 2005/// PD - AB - This pilot study addresses the need to clarify specific developmental vulnerabilities & strengths that characterise children living in child-headed households in comparison to children living in adult-headed households in equivalent impoverished communities. Samples of 10 each of these two categories of household were randomly selected from impoverished communities around Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (involving a total of 22 children from a child-headed households & 41 from an adult-headed households). Fourteen child-participatory, quantitative &/or qualitative measures were investigated over six indicative themes. Differences between the child-headed & adult-headed households were statistically or thematically analysed as appropriate to the data collected. Specific areas of vulnerability in the former households were access to institutional/social services, income (cash or kind) & resource generation, unresolved grief, lack of attainable long-term goals, poor self-worth, & poor internal locus of control. Specific strengths of children in those households were demonstrated in social networking, time & money management, & family interactions. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document. JO - African Journal of AIDS Research PB - NISC Pty Ltd, Grahamstown South Africa CY - VL - 4 IS - 1 PG - 21-28 SP - 21 EP - 28 AN - 59997044; 200613578 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/59997044?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-21 19:35:31)(Select): As a focus group activity, children from both household categories were asked to draw maps of their area and discuss which peers and adults they would go to for what sorts of need.; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-25 22:04:50)(Select): <18yrs; ER - TY - THES T1 - Personal networks as risk and protective factors for arrests among homeless and runaway youth A1 - Rose, Trina Y1 - /// PD - AB - Crime among juveniles has become one of the most significant problems for criminologists today. Arrest and detainment can have affects on social ties, and likewise, social ties are known to be either risk or protective factors for crime and delinquency. Objective. There are two key foci of this research among homeless youth. The first goal of this study is to determine if initial network characteristics are different among youth who have been arrested and/or detained prior to the study and those who have not. The second is to determine if network characteristics are associated with increased or decreased odds of arrest over time. Method. Using The Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless Adolescents (MLSHA), the first analysis will explore whether having an arrest prior to the inception of the study affects the size, origin, and relation to network ties at the beginning of the study. Next, I explore how the size, origin, and turnover of personal network ties affect self-reported arrests, controlling for personal and environmental factors associated with arrests. Results. Findings from the first analysis indicate that prior arrest predicts having more street and fewer home network ties, and that those who have not been detained are less likely to nominate parental ties or emotional family ties. Results from the second analysis indicate that nominating more non-familial instrumental network-ties increased the odds of arrest over time for homeless and runaway youth. Among emotional network ties, maintaining more ties decreased odds of arrest, whereas adding and dropping ties increased the odds of post-runaway arrests over time. Among instrumental network ties, adding ties increased the odds of post-runaway arrests over time. Conclusion. The main implication of this study is that unstable network ties are risk factors with reference to arrests of homeless and runaway youth. This is important because instability already tends to be high among this population, and it implies that one form of stability, network-ties, can act as a protective factor against arrest. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by addressing your request to ProQuest, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Telephone 1-800-521-3042; email: disspub@umi.com JO - Dissertation Abstracts International, A: The Humanities and Social Sciences PB - CY - VL - IS - AAI3369394 PG - 3203 SP - 3203 EP - AN - 743059062; 201048333 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/743059062?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-16 00:58:03)(Select): Mean age= 17.5; ER - TY - THES T1 - Social networks, social capital, information and communications technology, and achievement among African American middle school male students A1 - O'Bryant, Zaria F Y1 - /// PD - AB - African American male students are at the low end of an academic achievement gap when compared to their African American female and Caucasian peers. Perceptions of the influence of social capital within social networks on the high academic achievement of African American male students have not been researched qualitatively to inform closing the achievement gap. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the influence of information and communications technologies (ICT) on the development and maintenance of social capital associated with high academic achievement. The perceptions of high achieving African American male middle school students on the influence of social capital within social networks on academic achievement were also examined. Any perceived influence of ICT on the development, maintenance, and activation of social capital within social networks was highlighted. Data were collected from 7 participants using in-depth interviews, sociograms, and personal narratives. Key statements were generated and analyzed using thematic and category coding. Regarding the influence of social capital on academic achievement, love, interdependence, and optimism emerged as common themes within the family and were supported by non-kin affiliations in faith-based and recreational groups. ICT were tools of empowerment to access the social capital already created in face-to-face social networks. This study contributes to positive social change by informing research, policy, and practice aimed at improving academic outcomes for underachieving African American male middle school students. Armed with such information, families, schools, and communities may be better able to provide the opportunities and support necessary for all children to be successful. Copies of your dissertations may be obtained by addressing your request to ProQuest, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346. Telephone 1-800-521-3042; e-mail: disspub@umi.com JO - Dissertation Abstracts International, A: The Humanities and Social Sciences PB - CY - VL - IS - AAI3427685 PG - 0165 SP - 0165 EP - AN - 1018341139; 201220637 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1018341139?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-10 23:24:57)(Select): constructing sociograms that graphically represent relationships between individuals in their social network; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-10 06:33:25)(Select): range= 12-14yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship of perceived maternal acceptance-rejection in childhood and social support networks of pregnant adolescents. A1 - Sherman, B R A1 - Donovan, B R Y1 - 1991/// PD - AB - In a sample of 53 at-risk pregnant adolescents, the relationship between their perceptions of maternal acceptance-rejection in childhood and the nature of their social supports was examined. Perception of acceptance-rejection was significantly correlated with both frequency of interaction with social network members and expectations of their future support. Implications for public health strategies are discussed. JO - The American journal of orthopsychiatry PB - CY - VL - 61 IS - 1 PG - 103-113 SP - 103 EP - 113 AN - 80482640; 2006666 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/80482640?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-10 07:47:57)(Select): Mean age= 16yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - School participation and social networks of children with complex communication needs, physical disabilities, and typically developing peers. A1 - Raghavendra, Parimala A1 - Olsson, Catherine A1 - Sampson, Janelle A1 - McInerney, Rachael A1 - Connell, Timothy Y1 - 2012/// PD - AB - The aim of the study was to describe and compare the school participation and social networks of children with physical disabilities and complex communication needs (Group CCN), children with physical disabilities only (Group PD), and children with typical development (Group TD). The 39 participants, 10-15 years of age, were observed for 4 hours at school. School staff and the parent and/or child provided information on children's social networks. A striking observation was that, while participants in Group TD continuously conversed and socialized with peers inside and outside classrooms; those in Group CCN rarely used aided AAC, were provided with limited communication opportunities at school, and had fewer acquaintances and friends. Findings warrant intervention at the participation level at school and in the community. JO - Augmentative and alternative communication (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) PB - CY - VL - 28 IS - 1 PG - 33-43 SP - 33 EP - 43 AN - 923958181; 22364536 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2011.653604 UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/923958181?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-11 23:53:37)(Select): ). The Social Networks also gathers information about an individual’s Circles of Communication Partners, a visual representation of the individuals’ social network to identify partners in each circle; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-16 00:40:23)(Select): Range= 10-15; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Relationship of Social Network to Protective Factors in Suicide and Alcohol Use Disorder Intervention for Rural Yup'ik Alaska Native Youth. A1 - Philip, Jacques A1 - Ford, Tara A1 - Henry, David A1 - Rasmus, Stacy A1 - Allen, James Y1 - 2016/// PD - AB - Suicide and alcohol use disorders are significant Alaska Native health disparities, yet there is limited understanding of protection and no studies of social network factors in protection in this or other populations. The Qungasvik intervention enhances protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorders through activities grounded in Yup'ik cultural practices and values. Identification of social network factors associated with protection within the cultural context of these tight, close knit, and high density rural Yup'ik Alaska Native communities in southwest Alaska can help identify effective prevention strategies for suicide and alcohol use disorder risk. Using data from ego-centered social network and protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorders surveys with 50 Yup'ik adolescents, we provide descriptive data on structural and network composition variables, identify key network variables that explain major proportions of the variance in a four principal component structure of these network variables, and demonstrate the utility of these key network variables as predictors of family and community protective factors from suicide and alcohol use disorder risk. Connections to adults and connections to elders, but not peer connections, emerged as predictors of family and community level protection, suggesting these network factors as important intervention targets for intervention. JO - Intervencion psicosocial PB - CY - VL - 25 IS - 1 PG - 45-54 SP - 45 EP - 54 AN - 1826668841; 27110094 DO - UR - https://manchester.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826668841?accountid=12253 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-05-22 01:36:24)(Select): Ideal social network investigation ; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Bearing witness: Inner-city youth exposed to chronic community violence. A1 - Alford, Natalie P Y1 - 2003/// PD - / AB - Chronic Community Violence (CCV), defined as repeated and chronic use of guns, knives, sell of drugs and random violence is a serious threat to children and youth and can have deleterious effects on their psychological, sociological and theological functioning. Poverty, violence, crime and drugs characterize the risky neighborhoods, in which these youth live. The research shows that as many as 90% of the children living in inner-cities witness violence. Most studies have been with nonclinical and multisite samples of youth from a wide range of age groups. Little research exists that gets data from inner-city youth who witness CCV. The CCV literature suggests that to understand the influence exposure to the CCV epidemic, more research is needed to provide a more definitive examination of the lives of youth who appear resilient to CCV. This qualitative research study employs an existential/phenomenology approach. A survey questionnaire is used as a screening tool to determine if the youth witnessed CCV, key informant and focus group interviews to discuss the extent to which they had been exposed to CCV, and to understand ways they coped with witnessed CCV. Social network mapping data were collected to identify the impact their social network has on their lived experiences. This research focuses on the lived experiences of 7th- and 8th-grade inner-city youth who reside in high-risk CCV neighborhoods in Western New York, and their testimonials about how they cope with witnessed CCV. This study explores what enables them to survive, and what makes them apparently resistant to the factors that negatively affect their psychological, sociological and theological development. Data were collected from 18 youth. All the participants experienced CCV. Each witnessed moderate (someone fighting another person) and severe (someone being shot, attacked with a razor or stabbed with a knife) levels of violence. Their experiences with CCV were striking in terms of both the severity and frequency of incidents. This was a hypotheses generating study. The investigation illuminates the necessity for further probing. Impressively, the youth developed many ways for responding to witnessing CCV. Four themes emerged: escape, silence, faith and relationships. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) JO - Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences PB - US CY - US VL - 64 IS - 5-A PG - 1535 SP - 1535 EP - AN - DO - UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-28 20:22:33)(Select): 7th/8th Grade students; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Characteristics and personal social networks of the on-the-street, of-the-street, shelter and school children in Eldoret, Kenya. A1 - Ayuku, David O A1 - Kaplan, Charles A1 - Baar, Herman A1 - de Vries, Marten Y1 - 2004/// PD - / AB - The phenomenon of street children in Kenya dates back to the colonial period. With the emergence of new towns, Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Nakuru and Kisumu among others, street children have become part of the new development. Central to this study, Eldoret town recorded its first street children in 1989. It is thought that the government instigated ethnic violence in order to punish those ethnic groups which supported the opposition, and to reward its own supporters. The study looked into the structure of the social networks of street children ties and how their psychosocial needs are fulfilled. We employed cross-sectional, multiple group case, control study design. The study design allowed for comparison within and between cases and control groups. In this study, we used the Revised Version of the Maastricht Social Networks Analysis (MSNA) instrument to measure the structural social network characteristics of the street children and the control groups. On the whole, the findings indicate that the control groups (shelter children and school children) seem to have a more balanced network between family, friends and helpers, and the street children groups have a noticeable lack of helpers in their social networks. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) JO - International Social Work PB - US CY - US VL - 47 IS - 3 PG - 293-311 SP - 293 EP - 311 AN - DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872804041428 UR - NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-06-21 03:37:57)(Select): mean age= 13.34; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Characteristics of social networks in adolescents with end-stage renal disease treated with renal transplantation A1 - Melzer, S.M. A1 - Leadbeater, B. A1 - Reisman, L. A1 - Jaffe, L.R. A1 - Lieberman, K.V. Y1 - 1989/// PD - AB - JO - Journal of Adolescent Health Care PB - CY - VL - 10 IS - 4 PG - 308-312 SP - 308 EP - 312 AN - DO - 10.1016/0197-0070(89)90063-6 UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0024324055&doi=10.1016%2f0197-0070%2889%2990063-6&partnerID=40&md5=d31cecf6b53ea7774c57dfe672583b3b NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-10 23:04:20)(Select): social networks of youth questionnaire; Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 00:16:55)(Select): Mean age= 16.9; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social network of adolescents under probation from the perspective of public health A1 - Nunes, Marilene Rivany A1 - Carvalho Ferriani, Maria das Graças A1 - Carvalho Malta, Deborah A1 - Abadio de Oliveira, Wanderlei A1 - Iossi Silva, Marta Angélica Y1 - 2016/// PD - AB - Objective: to analyze the meaning of the social networks of adolescents who are under probation and to identify the essential components of these networks. Method: an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. Twenty-six teenagers, aged 13 to 18, participated in the study. For data gathering, the authors chose semi-structured interviews and network maps. Results: it became evident that social networks are essential for adolescents, with the family in a central position - especially the mothers - as well as the Centro de Referência Especializadode Assistência Social (Center for Specialized Reference of Social Assistance - CREAS) for social promotion and construction of new life projects, away from juvenile offending. However, adolescents reported no ties to health workers. Conclusion: the authors observed the need for nurses, as workers in primary health care, to practice in a way that is intersectoral and interdisciplinary, with the aim of strengthening the social networks of adolescents at conflict with the law. Objetivo: analizar el sentido de la red social de adolescentes bajo Libertad Condicional e identificar sus componentes esenciales. Método: estudio exploratorio, de abordaje cualitativo. Participaron 26 adolescentes con edades entre 13 y 18 años. Datos recolectados mediante entrevista semiestructurada y construcción de mapas de red. Resultados: se evidenció la importancia de la red social para los adolescentes, destacándose la importancia de la familia -especialmente la madre- y del Centro de Referencia Especializado de Asistencia Social, para promoción social y construcción de un nuevo proyecto de vida, sin participación en actos delictivos. Sin embargo, los adolescentes no expresaron vínculos con profesionales de salud. Conclusión: se observó necesidad de los enfermeros, como profesionales de atención primaria de salud, de actuar de manera intersectorial e interdisciplinaria, con el objeto de fortalecer la red social de adolescentes en conflicto con la ley. Objetivo: analisar o sentido da rede social de adolescentes que cumprem Liberdade Assistida e identificar os componentes essenciais dessa rede. Método: estudo exploratorio, de abordagem qualitativa. Participaram do estudo 26 adolescentes com idade de 13 a 18 anos. Para a coleta dos dados, optou-se por entrevista semiestruturada e construção de mapas de rede. Resultados: evidenciou-se a essencialidade da rede social para os adolescentes, destacando-se a importancia da família - especialmente a mãe -, e do Centro de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social, para promoção social e construção de um novo projeto de vida, sem envolvimento com atos infracionais. Todavia, os adolescentes não revelaram vínculos com profissionais de saúde. Conclusão: observou-se a necessidade do enfermeiro, enquanto profissional da atenção primária à saúde, atuar de forma intersetorial e interdisciplinar, no sentido de fortalecer a rede social de adolescentes em conflito com a lei. JO - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem PB - CY - VL - 69 IS - 2 PG - 276-284 SP - 276 EP - 284 AN - 117093076. Language: English. Entry Date: 20160805. Revision Date: 20160805. Publication Type: Article DO - 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690213i UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=jlh&AN=117093076&site=ehost-live NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-25 00:14:49)(Select): Personal network mapping include; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Doubled Homes - Doubled Social Ties? Children's Relationships in Post-Divorce Shared Residence Arrangements A1 - Zartler, Ulrike A1 - Grillenberger, Katrin Y1 - 2017/// PD - AB - The article discusses social relationships and networks of children ages 10 to 14 with shared residence arrangements after parental divorce. Topics include the importance of emotional closeness and constancy for children after parental divorce, the creation of social networks by the children, and the role of relationships with family members in providing emotional support to children. JO - Children & Society PB - CY - VL - 31 IS - 2 PG - 144-156 SP - 144 EP - 156 AN - 121185086. Language: English. Entry Date: 20170215. Revision Date: 20170217. Publication Type: Article DO - 10.1111/chso.12194 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=jlh&AN=121185086&site=ehost-live NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-21 23:43:07)(Select): Range= 10-14; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social networks and help-seeking experiences of pregnant teens A1 - May, K. M. Y1 - 1992/// PD - AB - Objective: To describe low-income pregnant teens' perceptions of their social network characteristics and their prenatal help-seeking experiences. Design: Descriptive, cross sectional. Setting: Prenatal clinic of an urban hospital (n=29) and two other sites (n=2). Participants: Thirty-one unmarried, low-income, pregnant teenage girls. Main outcome measures: Social network characteristics, including social support; relationships between social network characteristics and demographic variables; and help-seeking characteristics. Results: Length of pregnancy was negatively correlated with network size (-.45, p=.011), emotional support (-.40, p=.026), tangible support (-.38, p=.033), and prenatal support (-.41, p=.022). Compared with older teens (18-19 years old), younger teens (16-17 years old) perceived their families, relatives, or both as providing a larger proportion of their total support (t(28)=2.64, p=.014) and prenatal support (t(25.55)=2.93, p=.007), and friends as providing a smaller proportion of their total support. Types of help most often needed were emotional and financial. The resource most used was the teen's mother, followed by the father of the unborn child. Barriers to help were most often the unavailability of someone on whom the teen relied and financial inadequacies. Conclusions: The perception of less support as pregnancy progresses may indicate a gap between needs and resources. Differences in younger and older teens' support sources and the focus of help seeking on emotional and financial support have implications for nursing care. JO - JOGNN: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing PB - CY - VL - 21 IS - 6 PG - 497-502 SP - 497 EP - 502 AN - 107459101. Language: English. Entry Date: 19930201. Revision Date: 20150712. Publication Type: Journal Article DO - 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1992.tb01770.x UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,shib&db=jlh&AN=107459101&site=ehost-live NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-10-08 23:26:23)(Select): Nssq include; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 01:27:10)(Select): mean age= 17.6; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The social world of preadolescents with mental retardation: Social support, family environment and adjustment A1 - WentGross, M. A1 - Siperstein, G. N. Y1 - 1996/// PD - AB - The social networks, social supports, family environment and adjustment of 36 fifth and sixth grade preadolescents, 15 with mild mental retardation, and 21 without mental retardation were examined. Two interviews with the preadolescents and their families, using a battery of questionnaires, were conducted in the home. Results showed no group differences in the size of preadolescents' social networks. In terms of who they turn to for social support, preadolescents with mild mental retardation were more likely to turn to people in the home and adults outside the home for companionship, while preadolescents without mental retardation turned to peers. Further, the more negative the family environment, the more preadolescents turned to adults outside the home for emotional and problem solving support. lastly, preadolescents who received greater emotional and problem solving support from people in the home, experienced fewer adjustment problems. The importance of a positive family environment for providing needed emotional support and the implications of the lack of peer companionship for preadolescents with mild mental retardation, as they enter adolescence, is discussed. JO - Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities PB - CY - VL - 31 IS - 3 PG - 177-187 SP - 177 EP - 187 AN - WOS:A1996VD33900002 DO - UR - ://WOS:A1996VD33900002 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-25 00:33:10)(Select): Mean age= 12; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding social network disruption: The case of youth in foster care A1 - Perry, B. L. Y1 - 2006/// PD - AB - Relatively little existing research has examined variation in psychological distress outcomes for individuals who suddenly lose access to multiple established network ties. Adolescents placed in foster care provide a unique opportunity to examine the effects of different levels of network disruption. Some types of foster care placement provide stability and continuity while others are characterized by persistent network turnover Using data from telephone surveys with adolescents in foster care in a midwestern state, the author compares the primary relationships of youth in foster care and in the general population, and explores relationships between psychological distress, levels of network disruption, strength of ties within three domains (the biological family, foster care, and peer networks), and other network variables. The author finds that variations in psychological distress following network disruption may be explained, in part, by the structure and strength of the resulting network. Also, increasing levels of network disruption weaken networks and ongoing or repeated instances of disruption may be particularly problematic. Strong and supportive ties with new network members may replace weak or absent ties within old network domains as a protective factor for psychological outcomes. The author advocates grounding social problems research in a solid, theoretical foundation. JO - Social Problems PB - CY - VL - 53 IS - 3 PG - 371-391 SP - 371 EP - 391 AN - WOS:000240614100006 DO - 10.1525/sp.2006.53.3.371 UR - ://WOS:000240614100006 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-16 01:00:22)(Select): Mean age= 16.4; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - FAMILY SUPPORT AND ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SEPARATED PARENTS A1 - Drapeau, S. A1 - Bouchard, C. Y1 - 1993/// PD - AB - This study describes social interactions of children with each member of their maritally-disrupted family. Children from disrupted families are compared to children of intact families on the social network functions performed by their parents, brothers and sisters. The second objective of the present study is to evaluate the contribution of family support variables to adjustment of children from maritally-disrupted families. One hundred seventy-five (175) 6-12 year-old children were inter-viewed twice (Time 2, 12 months after Time 1), sixty-two (62) children from maritally-disrupted families (with a mean time of 1.2 year since parental separation) and 113 children form intact families. Results show that significantly more girls from disrupted families report negative interactions with their parents than girls from intact families. However they perceive more support, particularly emotional support, from their sisters. On the other hand, fewer boys from maritally-disrupted families perceive their brothers as stable figures in their life. Regression analyses indicate that support from sisters can contribute to adjustment of children (boys and girls) to their new family situation. JO - Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement PB - CY - VL - 25 IS - 2 PG - 205-229 SP - 205 EP - 229 AN - WOS:A1993KU57700005 DO - 10.1037/h0078807 UR - ://WOS:A1993KU57700005 NS - N1 - ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Adolescent mothers' relationship with their children's biological fathers: Social support, social strain, and relationship continuity A1 - Gee, C. B. A1 - Rhodes, J. E. Y1 - 2003/// PD - AB - Two-hundred and eighteen low-income, minority, adolescent mothers were interviewed during the perinatal period and 3 years later about their social networks, including their relationships with their children's fathers. Few adolescents were involved with fathers at both time points. Relationships with fathers were, in general, less supportive and less problematic over time. Moreover, although father support was not associated with adolescent mothers' psychological adjustment, father absence and father strain had negative associations with psychological adjustment. Maternal grandmother support buffered the negative effects of strain in the adolescents' relationships with biological fathers. Perceptions of less social support from maternal grandmothers and more social support from fathers during the perinatal period as well as less social support from a new male partner at 3 years postpartum predicted relationship continuity between adolescent mothers and fathers at 3 years postpartum. Implications for intervention and policy are discussed. JO - Journal of Family Psychology PB - CY - VL - 17 IS - 3 PG - 370-383 SP - 370 EP - 383 AN - WOS:000185232800009 DO - 10.1037/0893-3200.17.3.370 UR - ://WOS:000185232800009 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-11-29 22:17:46)(Select): *Accidentally sent back to full text review- to include; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-20 00:47:16)(Select): mean age= 15.9; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Participation and Social Networks of School-Age Children with Complex Communication Needs: A Descriptive Study A1 - Thirumanickam, A. A1 - Raghavendra, P. A1 - Olsson, C. Y1 - 2011/// PD - AB - Social participation becomes particularly important in middle childhood, as it contributes towards the acquisition and development of critical life skills such as developing friendships and a sense of belonging. However, only limited literature is available on the impact of communication difficulties on social participation in middle childhood. This study compared the participation patterns of school-age children with and without physical disabilities and complex communication needs in extracurricular activities. Participants included five children between 6-9 years of age with moderate-severe physical disability and complex communication needs, and five matched peers. Findings showed that children with physical disability and complex communication needs engaged in activities with reduced variety, lower frequency, fewer partners and in limited venues, but reported higher levels of enjoyment and preference for activity participation, than their matched peers. These children also had fewer same-aged friends, but more paid workers in their social circle. This small-scale descriptive study provides some preliminary evidence about the impact of severe communication difficulties on participation and socialization. JO - Augmentative and Alternative Communication PB - CY - VL - 27 IS - 3 PG - 195-204 SP - 195 EP - 204 AN - WOS:000295991300006 DO - 10.3109/07434618.2011.610818 UR - ://WOS:000295991300006 NS - N1 - ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multidimensional life satisfaction, stressful events and social support network of Brazilian children in out-of-home care A1 - Siqueira, A. C. A1 - Spath, R. A1 - Dell'Aglio, D. D. A1 - Koller, S. H. Y1 - 2011/// PD - AB - In 1990, the Child and Adolescents' Statute was passed in Brazil which led to important changes in shelter homes for children who have been removed due to child maltreatment. However very few studies have been conducted on this population since this policy change; the goal of this study is to assess the multidimensional life satisfaction, stressful life events and social network of children living in shelters compared with those living with their families. The sample consists of 155 children ages 7-16 years living in shelters and 142 children living with their families. Data were collected using a structured interview, the Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale, the Stressful Life Events Inventory and the Five Field Map. The shelter sub-sample had many at-risk characteristics; they also had significantly greater average scores on stressful life events and social support network, while they had lower than average scores on multidimensional life satisfaction. Factors that significantly contributed to predicting life satisfaction were stressful life events, social support network and conflicts with family members. The findings highlight differences between children living in shelters compared to those living with their families; this article also discusses the policy implications of these findings for child welfare practice in Brazil. JO - Child & Family Social Work PB - CY - VL - 16 IS - 1 PG - 111-120 SP - 111 EP - 120 AN - WOS:000285754400012 DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00719.x UR - ://WOS:000285754400012 NS - N1 - Imogen Nevard (2018-08-10 07:43:01)(Select): Range= 7-16yrs; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Exploring outcomes in a therapeutic service response to the emotional and mental health needs of children who have experienced abuse and neglect in Victoria, Australia A1 - Jackson, A. A1 - Frederico, M. A1 - Tanti, C. A1 - Black, C. Y1 - 2009/// PD - AB - Children in the protection and care system are highly vulnerable and need more than protection and physical care. This paper outlines elements of an innovative therapeutic programme, Take Two, which combines trauma and attachment-informed practice with a clinical outcomes focus. An important feature was the embedding of a research and evaluation partnership between the programme and a university. The paper discusses the challenges of implementing a research approach into a highly sensitive 'messy' or non-routine environment. The paper portrays the value of a trauma and attachment perspective within a developmental and ecological framework to guide understanding and intervention with these children and their network. A description of the client group is followed by analysis of outcome measures: the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children and the Social Network Map. Findings include the significant reduction of trauma-related symptoms, an increase in the percentage of friends identified and an increase, albeit not significant, in the percentage of people described as very close. The results point to the importance of family in the lives of these children. This study explores this type of research in situ and its value in building knowledge and strengthening practice. JO - Child & Family Social Work PB - CY - VL - 14 IS - 2 PG - 198-212 SP - 198 EP - 212 AN - WOS:000264822700007 DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00624.x UR - ://WOS:000264822700007 NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-20 22:54:18)(Select): social mapping described in methods; ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Social Support and Adolescent Mothers: action Research Contributions to Theory and Application A1 - Unger,Donald G. A1 - Wandersman,Lois Pall Y1 - 1985/// PD - AB - Presented are results of 2 longitudinal studies that investigated the effects of social support, networks, & support interventions in combination with personal characteristics on the adjustment of teenage mothers & their babies. Following interviews with predominantly black, low-socioeconomic status adolescents expecting their first child in rural & urban areas of South Carolina (N = 87 & 35, respectively), Ss were randomly assigned to either a treatment or nontreatment group. In the former, Ss met in educational support groups or were visited by a worker from the Resource Mother Home Visit Program, while the latter group received referral & some emotional support, but no home visits. All mothers were then interviewed 1 & 8 months postpartum to assess their perceived social support, structural components of their social networks, self-esteem, & adjustment; mother-child interactions were also observed. Results indicate that better adjustment for young mothers & improved health & development of their children were related to social support, network resources, & interventions. The importance of assessing specific sources of support & their multidimensional properties & distinguishing between perceived support & social networks is stressed, with implications provided for further social support research & intervention planning. 2 Tables, 59 References. Modified AA [The Sociological Abstracts database is now published by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, who holds the copyright. 1999. All rights reserved.] JO - PB - CY - VL - 41 IS - 1 PG - 29-45 SP - 29 EP - 45 AN - DO - UR - NS - N1 - Joint Login (2018-09-24 23:04:14)(Select): Looks at components of social networks; Imogen Nevard (2018-06-27 02:00:31)(Select): Study 1 mean age= 17.2 Study 2 mean age= 15.9; ER -