Investigating social support patterns of single mothers from a social network perspective

• Autorzy: Rosaria Lumino , Giancarlo Ragozini , Maria Prosperina Vitale
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the present study, we discuss how social network analysis approach can be fruitful exploited to study social support within family studies. An ego-centred network approach is adopted within a case study about social support networks of low income single mothers living in a city of southern Italy. We address three main issues. First, we aim to describe and explore the structure of social relationships that single mothers activate in order to obtain different kind of supports. Second, we investigate the main factors that affect the amount and variety of resources embedded in the single mothers’ support networks. Third, we analyse the relationship between the received social support embedded in the ego network and the support perceived by mothers. Beyond the description of composition and structure of ego-centred networks through network measures and factorial methods, a series of regression models was estimated to assess factors explaining received and perceived support of single mothers.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Social support; Single motherhood; Ego-centred network analysis; Multidimensional Data Analysis

• Wydawca: Sciendo
• Czasopismo: International Review of Social Research
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 6
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 182-194

Daty

wydano

2016-10-01

otrzymano

2016-03-04

zaakceptowano

2016-06-27

online

2016-11-17

Twórcy

autor

Rosaria Lumino

• University of Naples,

autor

Giancarlo Ragozini

• University of Naples,

autor

Maria Prosperina Vitale

• University of Salerno,,

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/irsr-2016-0021