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Sina, Akter. "Social networks of British-Bangladeshi young women." Thesis, Brunel University, 2013. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8136.
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This research is about the Social Networks and Social Capital of British-Bangladeshi Young Women in relation to their identity, cultural context and social aspects. It is a qualitative study based on the lives of a small sample of Bangladeshi young women, who are second or third generation British-born Bangladeshis between the ages of 16 and 29, living in London. They are British citizens and were born or grew up in Britain. The main area that the research takes place in is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Methods encompass in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. This research investigation has found that the social networks and social capital of Bangladeshi young women were impacted by their identity, ethnicity, social and cultural contexts, such as religious and gender identity, patriarchal practice within households and racism. Accordingly, for many women the construction of social networks was enabling; but for others, there were constraints in relation to their identity. On the other hand, the social networks through various places, especially places of study and work, significantly enabled the women to acquire their identity with regard to their social position, which has been helpful for agency and negotiation power. Consequently, their social networks were shaped based on their subjective experience, cultural expectations and social aspects. However, the women were active in order to create and maintain their social life, as well as to negotiate and develop their own ‘strategies to manage’ techniques to cope with the constraints. In this study, my main argument aims to emphasise how social networks are formed and maintained by the Bangladeshi young women in relation to their identity, cultural context and social aspects. I contend that these women actively negotiate a multitude of personal, familial and structural concerns in developing their social networks. I also argue that agency and negotiation power positively contribute to mitigate cultural constraints and inequalities with regard to the social networks of these young women; however social structures and inequalities create significant boundary conditions for these women to acquire negotiation power.
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Jones, Marla V. "The effects of social networks on African-American women's use of mammography screening /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946267.
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Rattelade, Stephanie Anne. "The Exploration of Social Support and Social Networks in Homeless and Vulnerably-Housed Women." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34352.
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Social support is best understood from a gendered perspective. Women place more emphasis on their social relationships than men, relying on them to cope with stressful situations. Women’s social relationships become crucial during experiences of homelessness as they rely on their relationships to address basic needs. This paper explored how social support and social networks are experienced within homelessness and housing vulnerability.
Two studies examined social support and social networks in homeless and vulnerably-housed women. Study One used a quantitative approach to examine group differences on social support and social network characteristics. Forty-nine homeless and forty-three vulnerably-housed women completed three measures to assess their social networks, social support networks, and global social support. Results showed similar social networks and global social support scores between groups. However, vulnerably-housed women reported fewer social support network members than homeless women, suggesting they have fewer supportive individuals in their lives.
Study two used a qualitative approach to understand how homeless and vulnerably-housed women experience social support. Ten homeless and ten vulnerably-housed women discussed their social networks and social support through semi-structured interviews. Responses were used to develop a model of social support interactions and highlighted new aspects of the experience. Participants described how they used strategies to offer and elicit support with their networks, as well as how their contexts shaped their interactions. The positive and negative outcomes from these interactions also became part of the contexts that influenced future interactions. These findings offer new considerations for social support theory and suggestions for service provision.
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Saleh, Ramzia Hisham. "The Supporting Role of Online Social Networks for Divorced Saudi Women." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31204.
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This thesis aims to assess the supporting role social networks provide to divorced Saudi women who face after divorce challenges. After reviewing the impact that online social networks have on Saudi society and the legal context of divorce in Saudi Arabia, this study explores key issues faced by divorced Saudi women using a qualitative approach. Upon reviewing the limited amounts of literature and following two methodological phases, the key findings are: (1) identifications of primary challenges faced by divorced Saudi women namely; social, economic, psychological, and legal issues; (2) extraction of themes based on each identified issue, leading to the identification of four qualitative models; and (3) assessment of the supporting role social networks have in the identified themes of each issue.
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Barrett, Donna Marie. "Exploring Social Support Networks of African American Emancipated Foster Care Women." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3428.
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Many youth exit the United States foster care system each year and face challenges related to housing, employment, health care, and education. After emancipation, foster youth can experience family instability, educational disruption, incarceration, unemployment, unstable housing, and emotional problems at a much higher rate than youth in the general population. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the experiences of African American foster women and the social support they received in finding housing upon exiting foster care system. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory provided a conceptual framework of social interrelation for the study. Data were collected from a purposeful sample of 4 African American former foster care women, a foster parent, a social worker, and a director of a support service's programs through face-to-face interviews. Data were analyzed using a 5-step approach for coding and analysis. Key findings were that the mobilization of collaborative social network support from foster parents, social workers, and government officials before foster youth enters their transitional phase were keys to successful outcomes. According to the foster care women and supporting adults' reports, more collaboration among agencies may assist youth with transitioning to independent living. Additionally, one-on-one mentorship program could address housing, education, employment, and health plans prior to emancipation. This study contributes to social change by providing information to those who provide services to foster care youth and may lead to enhanced programs and services encouraging youth to pursue their goals, and promote economic self-sufficiency.
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Hampton, Jenaneta Sue. "Women, spirituality, and chronic illness." Thesis, Montana State University, 2004. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2004/hampton/HamptonJ1204.pdf.
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Brown, Parveen. "The integration strategies and social networks of Somali women in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13672.
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Somali migrants began arriving in the country in the early 1990’s, following the collapse of the state in Somalia and the promise of increased opportunities in South Africa. This study is based on the experiences of Somali women in Bellville, which is situated in Cape Town; it is home to one of the largest Somali community’s in the country. Migration to South Africa has brought Somali women into a new gendered context which has provided the opportunity to renegotiate gendered roles and practices. I focus on gendered processes of integration and adaptation to South Africa. The study also investigates how different forms of social networks influence integration and the kinds of value systems and identities that are reproduced through these networks. People experience migration and resettlement in gendered ways. Postcolonial feminist theory and the gendered geographies of power framework are used as tools to analyse how gender operates in the new migratory context. Social network theory is used to gain insight into the functions and features of networks among migrant women. The study takes an inductive approach and employs a qualitative research strategy. In-depth individual interviews and group discussions were conducted with 13 women migrants and 4 individuals from organisations working closely with the Somali community of Cape Town. Women’s experiences reveal varying degrees, to which they accept, resist or negotiate different gendered norms. The ability of Somali women to insert their own gendered norms into existing societal patterns disrupts dominant discourses. The integration strategies migrants adopt are influenced by the kinds of social networks which are dominant in their lives. As expected this study finds that migrants draw on kin based networks where they choose to remain strongly connected to the Somali community. These networks can be restrictive in that they pressure migrants to conform to group expectations and norms; but they are also important as a source of social and economic support. Some migrants operate within a broader social network, linked not only to the Somali community but also to the broader South African society. These migrants have a stronger socio-economic position compared to the others which enables them to move beyond kin based networks more easily as they are not as dependent on these networks to integrate.
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Duncan, Valerie. "The importance of social support for women on their road to recovery /." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32823.
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The use of alcohol and drugs by women has become a major health issue; though men use and abuse alcohol and drugs at a higher rate than women, this gap is closing and at an alarming rate.In this study, the hypothesis is that women who have positive social support relationships have a higher probability to sustain and maintain their sobriety over time. Information was obtained through qualitative exploration N = (10) as these women recounted their experiences. The objective is to explore the similar factors that assisted these women throughout their recovery process.
The findings show that women come to recognize their need for recovery, as their sense of self develops and evolves over time: through positive attachments with others, rediscovery of self and identifying positive feelings.
The issue of women and recovery is a relevant factor for social work practitioners as clients and social workers need to function together as partners throughout the problem solving process.
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Wong, Yuen-ying. "The role of informal social networks in marital conflict, violence among newly arrived wives in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31346480.
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Cooper, Barbara O. "The effects of professional support systems on the careers of in-place women administrators." Diss., This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042006-164526/.
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Elageed, Awatif Ata Elmannan. "Weaving the social networks of women migrants in Sudan : the case of Gezira /." Berlin : LIT Verlag, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9783825817268.
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AMARAL, RENATA MARTINS. "FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY: PROTAGONISM OF WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER IN SOCIAL NETWORKS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2018. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=34780@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTITUIÇÕES COMUNITÁRIAS DE ENSINO PARTICULARES
A presente tese analisa, em uma perspectiva de múltiplos ciberespaços, performances identitárias de Vitória e Glória, mulheres em tratamento de câncer de mama que, através de suas interações online, constroem-se como vítimas ao descobrirem a doença e passam a agir como protagonistas em redes sociais, na luta contra o câncer. Sendo assim, os objetivos deste estudo são: (i) analisar as performances identitárias de duas mulheres com câncer de mama em diferentes sites; e (ii) compreender de que forma as participantes se constroem como protagonistas em redes sociais ao longo do tratamento da doença. A perspectiva teórica da pesquisa situa-se em estudos sobre as performances identitárias na narrativa e no discurso multimodal, no protagonismo discursivo e social e na teoria do posicionamento. A metodologia da pesquisa é qualitativa e interpretativa de cunho netnográfico. Os dados consistem de vídeos, entrevistas e narrativas das participantes que estão registradas em páginas públicas do Facebook, do YouTube, de três sites institucionais e de um blog. As análises indicam que: (i) há mudanças de performances identitárias e de posicionamento das participantes nas redes sociais, sinalizando transformação das trajetórias de vida ao longo de seus tratamentos – do ser comum ao protagonismo; (ii) as participantes ressignificam suas experiências de dor e lamentação, em uma perspectiva de discurso como ação social via discursos de emoção, esperança, triunfo e engajamento político; (iii) o agenciamento é direcionado aos interlocutores nas redes sociais, enquanto posicionamento político e identitário de enfrentamento do câncer. Nesse sentido, como contribuição social, esta tese sinaliza que, na sociedade contemporânea, as redes sociais se tornam espaços férteis de resistência e de empoderamento pessoal e de outros usuários, e espaços de metamorfose de lagarta a borboleta em relação ao câncer.
The present thesis analyzes, from a multi-sited perspective, the identity performances of Vitória and Glória, women in treatment of breast cancer who, through their online interactions, construct themselves as victims when they discover the disease and begin to act as protagonists in social networks in the fight against cancer. Thus, the objectives of this study are: (i) to analyze the identity performances of two women with breast cancer in different websites; and (ii) to understand how the participants construct themselves as protagonists in social networks throughout the treatment of the disease. The theoretical perspective of the research is located in studies on the identity performances in narrative and multimodal discourse, in the discursive and social protagonism and in the theory of the positioning. The methodology of the research is qualitative and interpretative of a netnographic nature. The data consist of videos, interviews and narratives of the participants that are registered in public pages of Facebook, YouTube, three institutional websites and one blog. The analysis indicate that: (i) there are changes in identity performances and in the positioning of participants in social networks, signaling the transformation of life trajectories throughout their treatments - from being ordinary to protagonism; (ii) participants reassign their experiences of pain and lamentation, from a discourse perspective as social action through discourses of emotion, hope, triumph and political engagement; (iii) agency is directed to interlocutors in social networks, as a political and identity positioning for coping with cancer. In this sense, as a social contribution, this thesis indicates that, in contemporary society, social networks become fertile spaces of resistance and personal/users empowerment, and spaces of metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly in relation to cancer.
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Elageed, Awatif Ata Elmannan. "Weaving the social networks of women migrants in Sudan the case of Gezira." Berlin Münster Lit, 2007. http://d-nb.info/990448878/04.
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Philip, Tracey Lee-Ann. "Women entrepreneurs’ experiences using social capital in developing their manufacturing business." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/81679.
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The study aimed to explore women entrepreneurs’ experiences using social capital to develop their manufacturing businesses. Social capital has apparent benefits for developing women-owned businesses. The manufacturing sector has traditionally been male-dominated globally, therefore to promote inclusivity the need arose to explore the dynamics of social capital and its perceived benefits, to gain an insightful understanding of the value it might hold for both academics and business. Valuable insights were gained on the combination of creating and sustaining relationships, and social networking as influencers that impacts the accumulation of social capital. This research set out to discover the main drivers of social capital, obtain narratives regarding the barriers and enablers in accessing social networks. Deeper understanding was gained on how support structures act as resources to develop women-owned businesses. The study highlighted the need to promote cultural and societal transformation with social capital being a critical component to develop of women’s entrepreneurship.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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Jun, MinKyoung. "The Influence of Personal Networks on Treatment Outcomes among Women with Substance Use Disorders." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1384257308.
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McDowell, Tiffany Lynne. "The relationship between social network characteristics and mental health for women living with HIV." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1228197342.
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Fung, Wai-wah, and 馮偉華. "Psychological well-being of married women in new town and their socialsupport network." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31977339.
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Kucukoglu, L. Sevinc. "Organizational Structures And Networks Of Four Islamist/islamic Women." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605695/index.pdf.
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The main purpose of this study is to understand the organizational structures of Islamist/Islamic women&rsquos NGOs and explain the network mechanisms of them in the context of new social movements. This study is based on a social movement research
thus, both organizational structures and network mechanisms of Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s NGOs are explained and analyzed in terms of the features of new social movements, to answer the question of &lsquo
whether Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s NGOs are potential and possible actors of a possible Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s movement in Turkey&rsquo
. The fieldwork of the present study was conducted on Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s NGOs, which were selected according to a purposive sampling. 4 NGOs were selected, of which founders and the active members are all Islamist/Islamic women, from 4 cities of Turkey, One NGO was selected from each city. The semi-structured interviews and deep interviews were the main data collection techniques used to get information about their organizational structures and network mechanisms. The responses were analyzed through the issues of organizational diversities, three different levels of network mechanisms, and networking types in the context of formation a new social movement. As network mechanisms, the three levels of networks defined in the study: relations with the state and local governments, networks with the NGOs outside the sampling group and networks among the NGOs inside the sampling group, in the framework of the role and potential of Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s NGOs to form an Islamist/Islamic women&rsquo
s movement.
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Lienert, Tania Marie, and Tlienert@latrobe edu au. "Relating Women : Lesbian Experience of Friendship." La Trobe University. Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, 2003. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20041006.114625.
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Friends are of crucial importance to lesbians� lives, their significance heightened due to lack of acceptance from blood family, work colleagues and society. Despite a proliferation of literature on lesbians� love relationships, lesbians� friendships remain understudied. In the light of theorising about widespread shifts in intimacy patterns in modern industrial societies, this thesis examines the role of friendship for contemporary lesbians. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, using lesbian feminist, feminist psychological and mainstream sociological theories to interpret lesbians� negotiations of their friendships and preoccupations with their own continually developing sense of self. The study finds that firstly, the most significant issue in negotiating friendships is deciding on a lesbian identity despite socialisation to �compulsory heterosexuality�. Friends are expected to be accepting and supportive or they are lost. Discrimination, the fact that the lover is the �best friend�, struggles with difference in lesbian communities, time constraints and a more general shift to individualism mean that community and family contacts are replaced by small, supportive and affirming friendship networks. These meet needs and within them lesbians negotiate a sense of self, but for the most part with no template of political consciousness. Secondly, while friendships are important, they are also difficult. The fluidity of the friendship relationship, blurred boundaries between friends and lovers, and women�s moral �imperative to care� all provide barriers to communication. Thirdly, while lesbians value �the relational self�, a confident sense of self is challenged when close-connected relationships sit at odds both with mainstream, heterocentric culture, and with traditional models of psychology which promote independence and separateness. Lesbians who are confident communicators, who have access to alternative feminist discourses which value relatedness, and who, together with their friends, are open to change, are able to negotiate satisfactory friendships and relationships. The study demonstrates lesbians� complex subjectivities as changing selves are negotiated through friendships, love relationships and communities, particularly through experiences of loss.
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Green, Carla Ann. "Social Support in an Urban Moroccan Neighborhood: the Effects of Social Networks, Mediation and Patronage on the Physical Health and Psychological Adjustment of Women." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1335.
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Although there has been a great deal of research in the areas of social networks, social support and well-being over the past two decades, little of that research has been cross-cultural, and virtually none has been carried out in countries outside the West. The present study attempted to describe the structure and functioning of the social networks of a group of relatively modern urban Moroccan women, and the associations among their social networks, social support, physical health and psychological well-being. Extensive interviews were conducted with 108 married or previously-married women who were living in a middle-class neighborhood in Rabat, Morocco. Subjects were asked to identify social network members, defined as friends, family or others who provided various types of support in typically encountered life situations, or with whom the subject had negative interactions. Standardized self-report instruments were used to assess physical and psychological well-being, and to assess the occurrence of stressful life events. Additional observational data were collected on respondents' neighborhoods and immediate physical surroundings. A model describing the interactions between well-being, network structure and network function was tested using factor-analytic and set-regression techniques. Stressful life events predicted reduced physical well-being. Enhanced psychological functioning was predicted by reciprocity in relationships, marital satisfaction, and to a lesser degree, practical and emotional support. Contrary to predictions, patronage support was associated with both enhanced physical and psychological well-being. Results were generally consistent with Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, which predicts that the uniformly large and well-functioning networks found in this study would produce effect sizes that were small, but consistent with Western research findings.
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Pullen, Erin L. "SOCIAL NETWORKS, DRUG USE, AND DRUG ABUSE HELP-SEEKING: A TEST OF THE NETWORK EPISODE MODEL AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN." UKnowledge, 2014. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_etds/15.
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Untreated substance use disorders are a major public health concern that has costly consequences at both the societal and individual level. Identifying the characteristics and resources of those who seek help for substance abuse problems in order to inform more effective intervention and treatment techniques is therefore an important research objective. Using the Network Episode Model (NEM) as a theoretical framework, this dissertation examines both substance abuse help-seeking (i.e. inpatient/outpatient treatment and 12-Step meeting attendance) and patterns of drug use over time among low-income African American women, with a special focus on the role of the social network system in shaping these outcomes.
Drawing on social network theory, critical race theory, and health service utilization research, this test of the Network Episode Model addresses the relative absence of work examining the connections between network characteristics and help-seeking in multiply marginalized groups. The core relationships proposed by the NEM are systematically tested using longitudinal data gathered for the Black Women in the Study of Epidemics Project (N=643).
Findings of multilevel models indicate strong support for the Network Episode Model. Specifically, measures of social influence, social control, and social integration significantly predict both patterns of drug use and help-seeking. Importantly, having contact with and receiving health advice from a physician emerged as a significant predictor of a number of positive outcomes, including quitting or abstaining from illicit drug use during the study and attending 12-Step meetings.
Results also reveal that experiences specifically related to low-income African American women’s multiply marginalized status – such as experiencing gendered racism – significantly predict patterns of drug use over the study timeframe and may be an important risk factor for substance abuse. In all, this research reveals the important contributions of both traditional predictors and social network predictors on substance abuse help-seeking and patterns of drug use over time. Conclusions suggest that given the limited financial and material resources of multiply marginalized groups, learning how to mobilize or effectively build upon available social network resources to encourage substance abuse treatment may be a particularly fruitful strategy to explore.
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Shade, Leslie Regan 1957. "Gender and community in the social constitution of the internet." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=34451.
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This thesis has a three-fold goal: (1) it aims to contribute to studies which analyze the gender dimension in social shaping studies of technology; (2) in its emphasis on the Internet and the new information infrastructure it is a complement to the literature in communication studies on the gendering of communication technologies; and (3) it adds to emergent theories of virtual communities by positing how gendered practices and gender-related activities have influenced the emergence of social policy mores in the evolving information infrastructure.In emphasizing the social factors that shape technological change the thesis departs from dominant approaches towards technology that typically study the "affects" or "impact" of technology on society. This thesis similarly responds to the gender-perspective gap that exists in sociotechnical studies, and enlarges the scope of gender studies through its consideration of emergent information and communication technologies, notably the Internet. How the social mores of virtual communities have been influenced and affected by and through a consideration of gender and gendered practices on the Internet forms a core component of the thesis, based upon case studies.
As this thesis argues, new information and communication technologies must be considered in relation to other communication technologies, as well as in relation to the social context in which they are designed, developed and used, including the often unarticulated social assumptions of various groups, and the unanticipated consequences of the new information infrastructure. In this sense, social scientists are now at a key turning point in their explorations of new information and communication technologies.
This thesis should be of significance to communication scholars interested in the history and theory of gender and communication technologies; social historians of technology, and feminist scholars, with an interest in a gendered perspective on new communication technologies; and public policy officials interested in how different groups of individuals will interact with, influence, and be affected by new communication and information technologies.
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Lothian, Trudy (Trudy M. ). 1963 Carleton University Dissertation Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. "Older adults, literacy and social networks; a qualitative inquiry into lives of two older women." Ottawa.:, 1996.
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Stevens, Tia M. "The role of social support and continuing care as predictors of women's prison-based substance abuse treatment outcomes." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1156194174.
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Coward, Doris Dickerson. "Correlates of self-transcendence in women with advanced breast cancer." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185216.
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This study examined how women with advanced breast cancer manage adverse effects of disease and treatment so that they maintain energy for continued personal development and life quality during what may be a long period of dying. The specific purpose was to test a theory proposing that psychosocial resources mediate between illness related distress and self-transcendent views and behaviors that, in turn, lead to emotional well-being. The study employed a cross-sectional correlational design with a convenience sample (n = 107) of women with Stage IIIb or Stage IV breast cancer. Subjects had lived with advanced disease for a mean length of time of 1.7 years with bone being the most common site of metastases. Subjects completed a questionnaire consisting of 10 instruments indexing symptom distress, functional disability, concurrent distressful life events, financial concerns, perceived personal control, social support, spiritual perspective, self-transcendence, affective well-being and cognitive well-being. Factor analytic structural equations modeling was used for data analysis. There was no relationship between degree of illness distress and available psychosocial resources. Therefore, psychosocial resources did not serve as mediators between illness distress and self-transcendence. Self-transcendence mediated the positive link between psychosocial resources and emotional well-being. Negative paths between illness distress and both self-transcendence and emotional well-being led to a reconceptualization of the theory. An alternative model was analyzed with illness distress as a dependent variable. Self-transcendence continued to mediate between psychosocial resources and emotional well-being. Emotional well-being became a mediator between self-transcendence and decreased illness distress. Psychosocial resources indirectly served to decrease distress through their effect on self-transcendent perspectives and emotional well-being. However, the direct effect of resources was to increase illness distress. Further research is needed to support the reconceptualized theory and to clarify the apparent paradoxical role of psychosocial resources found in this study. Interventions that facilitate self-transcendent perspectives and activities may lead to increased emotional well-being and reduced distress associated with advanced breast cancer.
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Weinehall, Annelie. "Exploring the role of professional networks for women in the IT sector." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-122640.
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate: what is the significance of professional networks for women within the IT industry. Previous research shows that there are barriers women in the field of IT face when entering and advancing in the industry. To investigate the potential connection between barriers and professional networks ten women were interviewed. Professional networks for women within the sector are examined through a qualitative lens. This study support previous research that showed that women in the IT industry face barriers. Moreover, this study highlights benefits of professional networks, representing that women receive and develop personal skills that can make them more successful at work. This study also provides criticism towards the networks and shows that there is room for improvements. The professional networks described by the respondents in this study seem to miss out on the opportunity to fundamentally discuss the barriers women face as professionals.
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Kostadinova, Bekyarova Desislava. "Women & Social Action - Tracing Women’s Experiences of Activism in the Chilean Women’s Movement." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22938.
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The Chilean women’s movement has a long history of challenging state power. The role women played in the opposition against Augusto Pinochet’s authoritarian regime has fascinated researchers. There also seems to be a consensus, whereby the contemporary movement is considered to be divided. Yet, recent developments in Chile have seen a resurgence of women’s activism that has not been studied. The need for re-mobilization points to the idea that women’s concerns and needs have not been adequately addressed in the past, despite their strong presence in civil society. This study explores how women have experienced social action in the Chilean women’s movement, through narrative analysis. Analysing own voices accounts of collective action provided insight into how women organize in Chile; the origins of divisions present in the contemporary women’s movement; important differences and parallels with the women’s movement that opposed the dictatorship; and the presence of vertical structures in Chilean society. In focusing on the experiences of women who were active in the opposition to the dictatorship, as well as the largely untapped voices of women active in the contemporary movement, this project will contribute to future research on similar subjects.
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Curtis, Liane. "Global networking for change : virtual women's organizations." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29497.
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This thesis explores how women's organizations are using communication technologies and strategies for global social change. In 2002, the combination of current feminist theory that highlights issues of cultural specificity and digital communications technology is enabling new possibilities for women's organizations to engage in global feminist practices. Based on feminist theory, communications theory and feminist media literature, this thesis formulates an evaluative framework for assessing the communicative potential of V-Day, a virtual women's organization. The analysis moves beyond this case study to inform the potential global feminist practices of other women's organizations.
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Stevenson, Lauren DeMarco. "The Influence of Treatment Motivation, Treatment Status and Social Networks on Perceived Social Support of Women with Substance Use or Co-Occurring Disorders." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1237936645.
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西田, 裕紀子, and Yukiko NISHITA. "成人女性のソーシャルサポートに関する研究 : ストレス経験時および複数場面におけるサポート対象に着目して." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/3074.
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Lee, Kit-lin, and 李潔蓮. "Social support for the Mainland wives with husbands living in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250245.
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Kapadia, Dharmi. "How are social networks associated with mental health service use? : a comparison between Pakistani women, and women of other ethnic groups in the United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/how-are-social-networks-associated-with-mental-health-service-use-a-comparison-between-pakistani-women-and-women-of-other-ethnic-groups-in-the-united-kingdom(3f997895-438c-4ba8-81d2-cd8b720681f0).html.
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Pakistani women in the UK have high levels of mental illness, alongside low levels of outpatient mental health service use, compared with women of other ethnic groups. Further, previous studies have suggested that Pakistani women have particularly low levels of social support, and high levels of social isolation which may reduce their chances of coming into contact with mental health services. However, to date, there has been little empirical evidence to support this. This thesis investigated the mental health service use, social networks' structure and function, and the relationship between the two, for Pakistani women compared with women of other ethnic groups. This was done using a systematic review of the relevant literature, and statistical modelling using two large nationally representative datasets from the UK. The first dataset, Understanding Society, was used to formulate latent classes of support networks, subsequently used in regression models to compare the support available in Pakistani women's networks with women of other ethnic groups. The second dataset, Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates in the Community (EMPIRIC), was used to ascertain the influence of social networks (perceived social support, contact with relatives and friends, network composition, and size) on the use of outpatient mental health services, using logistic regression modelling. These data were also used to build a structural equation model to test the direct and indirect effects of social networks on outpatient mental health service usage, via their impact on mental illness. Pakistani women (along with Bangladeshi women) had the lowest rate of mental health service use, compared with women in other ethnic groups. Further Pakistani women were more likely to be socially isolated than White majority women, but there were largely no differences between Pakistani women and other ethnic minority women in the structure and function of social networks. Finally, there was evidence to suggest that social networks indirectly reduced mental health service use via their impact on mental illness. There were only small ethnic differences in the indirect effect of social networks on mental health service use, and these differences did not explain Pakistani women's under-use of mental health services.
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He, Xuesong, and 何雪松. "Dynamics of social networks: the personal experiences of female Chinese immigrants in their first year ofresettlement in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31245341.
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Raschka, Christine. "Developing grammars in a social context : a comparative account of the English of two groups of ethnic minority women." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336816.
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Paschoal, Luciane Cristina 1982. "Os temas e as dinâmicas sociointeracionais em nove grupos criados e gerenciados por mulheres no Facebook." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/269370.
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Orientador: Inês SignoriniTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: A pesquisa aqui apresentada tem como objeto de estudo as interações em nove grupos da rede social Facebook que, no período de março de 2012 a julho de 2013, tinham em seu título a palavra "mulheres" e eram administrados por perfis que se declaravam mulheres. O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é identificar e analisar os temas e as dinâmicas sociointeracionais nos nove grupos estudados. Para isso, este estudo tem como objetivos específicos: a) identificar os temas desenvolvidos nesses grupos no período de seis meses; b) mapear as redes de comentários no período observado; c) identificar a dinâmica sociointeracional dos grupos e os papéis sociointeracionais desempenhados no mesmo período; d) verificar se alterações nos temas alteram a dinâmica sociointeracional identificada. Tendo como metodologia a etnografia online, foram feitas observações sistemáticas durante dezesseis meses e foram utilizadas as seguintes técnicas para coleta dos registros: observação participante e captura. A observação participante foi realizada por meio da participação da pesquisadora nos grupos focalizados e também por meio de envio de dez postagens com indicação de links para notícias de assuntos atuais e que pudessem gerar alguma discussão. Para a técnica de captura dos registros foi utilizada a função print screen do computador, que possibilita que o que está projetado na tela seja capturado como imagem. A análise temática das postagens dos grupos estudados evidencia que seis dos nove grupos estudados retomam os temas comuns na imprensa feminina, tradicionalmente considerados de interesse das mulheres, enquanto os três outros abordam outros assuntos, como tecnologia e política. Esses últimos parecem tentar romper os estereótipos ligados aos gêneros, buscando abordar temas que tradicionalmente não são considerados como de interesse das mulheres. Em relação às redes de comentários, identificamos três tipos de redes de comentários: fechada, pivotante e rizomática. Nos grupos que retomam os temas tradicionais da imprensa feminina, as redes fechada e pivotante são predominantes. Nos demais grupos, que abordam temas não comumente relacionados à imprensa feminina, a rede rizomática é predominante. Em relação aos papéis sociointeracionais, identificamos os papéis de: anfitrião, remetente casual, comentarista casual, produtor, interlocutor, debatedor e animador. Verificamos que em sete dos nove grupos pesquisados, os administradores exercem o papel institucional de administrador oficial que é, então, coincidente com o papel de anfitrião. Considerando a dinâmica sociointeracional, verificamos que em seis dos nove grupos focalizados, as alterações nos temas habitualmente discutidos alteraram a dinâmica sociointeracional anteriormente identificada. Nesses seis grupos, a proposta de temas para discussão que fugiam aos habituais no período investigado teve impacto sobre a conformação das redes de comentários e sobre a dinâmica sociointeracional
Abstract: The research presented here has as object of study the interactions of nine groups on social network Facebook that, from March 2012 to July 2013, had in their title the word "women" and were administered by profiles that were declared women. The main objective of this research is to identify and analyze the themes and interacional dynamics of the nine groups studied. For this, the research has the following objectives: a) identify the themes developed in these groups in six months; b) map the comment networks in the observed period; c) identify the interactional dynamics of groups and interacional roles played during the same period; d) check whether changes in themes alter the interacional dynamics identified. Adopting as methodology the online ethnography, we observed these groups during sixteen months, using the following techniques for collecting data: participant observation and data capture. The participant observation took place through the participation of the researcher in the focalized groups and through ten posts with indication of links to internet news. To the technique of capture, we used the computer print screen function, that allows that what is being projected on the screen be captured as image. The thematic analysis of the group posts shows that six of the nine studied discuss themes that are common in feminine press, traditionally considered of interest to women, while the other three groups address other subjects, such as technology and politics. These groups seem to try to reject stereotypes related to gender, seeking to address issues that are not traditionally considered as women's interest. Regarding the comment networks, we identified three types of networks: closed, axial and rhizome. In the groups that discuss traditional themes of women's press, the closed and axial networks are prevalent. In the other groups, which address issues not commonly related to women's press, the rhizome network is prevalent. Regarding interactional roles, we identified the roles: host, casual sender, casual commentator, producer, speaker, debater and animator. We found that in seven of nine focused groups, administrators perform the institutional role of official administrator, which matches to the host role. Considering the interactional dynamics, we find that in six of nine focused groups, changes in commonly discussed topics altered the previously identified interactional dynamics. In these six groups, the proposal of topics for discussion that differ from the usual in the period investigated had an impact on comment networks and on interactional dynamics
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Streff, Maureen Beirne. "Perceptions of the present and future: an assessment of relational experiences, social support, and personal resources by women sixty-five and older." Thesis, Boston University, 2001. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32838.
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University. Dept of Developmental Studies and Counseling.PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
The purpose ofthis study was: (1) to examine the perceived levels of mutuality and social support in the lives of a sample of Caucasian American women and African American women 65 and older; (2) to compare their perceived levels of mutuality with already measured perceived levels of mutuality ofyounger and middle aged women; (3) to learn ifwomen 65 and older whose primary sustained commitment is to vocation, community and spiritual development experience a relational dimension; ( 4) to learn if women 65 and older who have contact with their emotionally close network of family and friends report an increase in perceived social support; and ( 5) to inform health care providers and educators of the stated needs of these women 65 and older regarding their health care. The data sources included: a demographic information form; two valid and reliable instruments, The Mutual Psychological Development Questionnaire (MPDQ) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS); and semi structured interviews. The quantitative and qualitative data show evidence of self-perceived psychological growth in relation with others (as suggested in previous research with younger and middle age women) as well as self- perceptions of social support. Women's heterogeneity, including their specific differences in health, education and economic status, established the necessity of focusing on the contexts of their lives. Treatment of the data included a cohort analysis because their life changes depend to a degree upon their historical circumstances and their location in the social structure. The quantitative data analysis revealed statistically significant findings: (1) The scores of the MPDQ of women 65 and older reflecting the mutuality they report experiencing with family member and friend are positively correlated with the MSPSS. (2) The women 65 and older were found to have a higher score on mutuality in the same sex dyads than do the younger and middle age women in the Genero et al. study (1992). The qualitative component ofthe study corroborated the fmdings that themes of mutuality and social support were consistently present in this population of women 65 and older.
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Bowers, Rhonda J. "Uncertainty and social support as predictors of coping in women experiencing fibromyalgia : a structural model." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1354639.
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This study examined the applicability of Mishel's model of uncertainty in illness (1990) to the adaptation process of women diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The power of uncertainty and social support to predict an uncertainty appraisal and its corresponding coping strategy utilized in this population were examined.Structural equation modeling was employed to clarify the relationships among uncertainty, social support, the appraisal of uncertainty as either danger or opportunity, and coping as either emotion-focused or problem-focused. One hundred sixty-five participants completed the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS-A), the Appraisal of Uncertainty Scale (AUS), the Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS), and the Social Provision Scale (SPS). After an analysis of several measures of goodness-of-fit, the original model was modified based on theory, the modification indices, and a review of the maximum likelihood estimates (mle) for structural paths. These modifications resulted in a competing model. Finally, a Chi-square test was performed comparing the goodness-of-fit indices of the competing models.Results indicated that Mishel's model is a useful model within which to conceptualize the issues faced by women diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Mishel's model performed adequately; however, the overall goodness-of-fit was significantly improved by modifications which placed greater emphasis on social support. Social support and uncertainty exerted approximately equal effect on a danger appraisal and in the revised model only social support predicted an opportunity appraisal. Results also suggested that uncertainty had a direct effect on emotion-focused coping regardless of the appraisal of the uncertainty as danger or opportunity. The current study did not unequivocally support Mishel's assertion that uncertainty may be evaluated as an opportunity. Although uncertainty demonstrated a significant inverse relationship with an opportunity appraisal in the original model, in the revised model, which considered the direct effects of social support on the appraisal process, uncertainty failed to have a significant effect. Given the depth of evidence and applicability of Mishel's original model, additional research is necessary to determine whether these results are specific to the experience of fibromyalgia or perhaps social support is an under-appreciated factor in Mishel's model. Implications for treatment and directions for future research are explored.Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
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Cass, Brenna. ""That's What Friends Are For": English Language Acquisition, Social Networks and Their Role in Immigrant Assimilation." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104218.
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Thesis advisor: Gustavo MorelloThis qualitative study of female English language learners living in the greater Boston area investigates the relationship which exists between social networks, English language learning, and immigrant assimilation. Understanding that social networks are important for immigrant assimilation because of the social capital they provide (Portes and Zhou, 1993), this study aims to understand how immigrant women with limited English proficiency build social networks in the United States, both with immigrants and native-born citizens of the United States. Data analysis shows that English language learning plays an pivotal role in the formation of social networks both with other immigrants and with native-born citizens, and that immigrant networks are ultimately more beneficial because they are more accessible. As immigration policies in the United States continue to change, it is important to study the changing needs and experiences of immigrants. There is a need for the greater Boston area to provide more spaces for interaction between immigrants and Americans to facilitate the formation of social networks and exchange of social capital between the two groups
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Departmental Honors
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Wong, Yuen-ying, and 黃婉凝. "The role of informal social networks in marital conflict, violence among newly arrived wives in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31346480.
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Park, Hyunyong. "Patterns of Personal networks and their relationships to treatment outcomes among women with substance use disorders." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1459431336.
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Woodard, Steven P. "Discourses, campus-based social networks, and career maturation : a case study analysis of African American female college students /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7831.
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Baker, Razan. "Online social networks and Saudi youth participation in physical activity." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14522.
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Previous studies targeting youth participation in physical activity have argued that self-motivation is the main key to increasing participation. However, few studies have focused specifically on the role of structural factors in prompting youth participation in physical activity. The structure may include people, and institutions that are introducing, providing and facilitating physical activity to youth. Therefore, this study focuses on the role of the structure surrounding youth. The study takes youth in Saudi Arabia aged 15-24 as its subjects in order to examine the use of three online social networks (OSNs), i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, for communication and exchange of resources and the influence on participation of key decision makers such as home (parents and siblings), school (Ministry of Education and PE teachers), physical activity and sports clubs (General Authority of Sports [GAS]), and friends. The study uses mixed methods and follows the social network structural theory to examine how the exchange of resources (e.g., information, emotional support, financial support, and facilities and services) takes place between agent and structure. The main findings are that the structure plays a role in influencing participation among Saudi youth. Friends are of great influence, as they occupy the longest hours of youth time both at school, where friends interact in person, and outside of school, where friends communicate through OSNs. An Islamic and conservative society prevails in Saudi Arabia, where 99 per cent of the population is Muslim. Therefore, in addition to the structural factors noted above, religion is also investigated. Indeed, Islam drives motivation in this large conservative group as individuals learn to obey and implement the religious advice and Islamic teachings of the prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), including those messages with relation to becoming a healthy and strong Muslim. Finally, the study also focuses on the participation of Saudi female youth in physical activity. Due to cultural reasons preventing women from participating in physical activity as freely and equally as their male peers in the country, Saudi Arabia has seen an increasing percentage of obese women. The main aim of this research is to understand the relationship between agency and structure and thereby to identify the role of structure in increasing the participation of youth in physical activity. The research question (How do OSNs facilitate Saudi youth participation in physical activity?) investigates the relationship between agency and structure to delineate the pattern of information exchange regarding resources for involvement in physical activity. Through the use of mixed methods including face-to-face interviews, online survey and digital ethnography, the researcher investigates how youth social networks function both offline and online. The study concludes that decision makers in the field of physical activity participation in Saudi Arabia vary in their level of encouragement, influence and communication. Family members do not seem to communicate with youth via online platforms, but they do play a crucial role in offline social networks. Private institutions are becoming very active in OSNs, and public institutions are following the trend, albeit at a slower pace. The study shows that physical activity facilitators in Saudi Arabia are still failing to effectively reach youth and encourage them to participate in physical activity. Various policies need to be reviewed and enhanced if the public institutions do indeed want to reach more youth and benefit youth and the community, including the female youth, who make up more than half of the population. The study shows that the way to develop these policies is to communicate with youth via OSNs and to provide youth with more facilities, venues and services in the country that are suitable for both genders.
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Edwards, Ruth Edwards. "Young adult women with problematic alcohol use: The impact of social capital on recovery." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2020. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201788/2/Ruth_Edwards_Thesis.pdf.
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This study investigated young women's social networks that can help or hinder recovery from problematic alcohol use. The views of experienced staff in alcohol and drug outreach services were examined, finding that social interactions mostly hindered young women's recovery due to the socially embedded acceptance of alcohol use within families, peers and communities. Legislation, policy and practice changes are needed to disseminate information about alcohol harms and encourage help seeking. At agency level, shifting from individualistic approaches to those more inclusive of social networks may activate support from family and friends and result in more positive outcomes for young women.
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Coté, Lynn Marie. "Social networks of two caregiver groups, mothers of premature infants and women caregivers of cognitively impaired older adults." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0003/MQ29013.pdf.
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Hogue, Patricia Ann. "The Effects of Buddy Support on Physical Activity in African American Women." Connect to Online Resource-OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1187208135.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Toledo, 2007.Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Health Education." Bibliography: leaves 126-144.
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Johnson, Kris Kaufmann, and Melissa Noelle Moelter. "Decision making and identifying services: Differences among elderly women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1935.
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Vallellanes, Alicia Kay, and Kelley Ferris. "Social support and mental health outcomes in battered women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2884.
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This study examined the relationship between perceived social support and negative mental health outcomes in battered women. Correlations between perceived social support and depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder were analyzed. Perceived social support, particularly from family members, was found to be significantly related to mental health outcomes. Results indicate that agencies that work with battered women should include social support in the assessment and intervention processes. The study utilized a quantitative survey design with a sample of 120 battered women from four domestic violence agencies throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Quantitative data analysis procedures, such as multivariate analysis and logistic regression, were used to further examine variables. Samples of the instruments used in the study are included.
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Lucas, Nicole James. "The Use of Social Support Among African American Men and Women and Its Effect on Depression." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28521.
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Mental health researchers have placed a lot of emphasis on the importance of informal social support resources and the effect on mental health outcomes among African Americans to help explain the low rates of mental disorder among this population (Cockerham 2006; Tausig, Michello, and Subedi 2004; Brown, Sellers, Brown, and Jackson 1999). It has been hypothesized that informal social support resources (family, friends, partner/spouse, etc.) used by African Americans (Taylor, Chatters, and Jackson 1997; Neighbors 1985; Stack 1974) buffers/reduces the effect of stress and distress on mental health (Pearlin 1999; Taylor, Hardison, Chatters 1996). In this study I combined the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) and the National Comorbidity Survey - Replication (NCS-R) data sets to investigate the influence that relatives, friends, partners/spouses, and religious involvement have on levels of depression among African American men and women. I found that there is not much of a gender difference in the experiences of social support among African American men and women. I also found that for the most part social support has the same effect on depression for both African American men and women. Finally, there are no substantial gender differences in the way social support buffers stress for African Americans.Ph. D.
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Mainberger, Eliaze. "The relationship between social support and quality of life of adults with intellectual handicaps /." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32826.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the potential link between quality of life and social support networks, among clients with mild to borderline intellectual handicaps. This study also explored differences between how the clients assess their quality of life and support networks and how primary caseworkers asses the quality of life and support networks of their clients.Thirty intellectually handicapped adults (18 men & 12 women) and their primary caseworkers were randomly selected to participate in the study. Significant differences were found between client and primary caseworker evaluations of clients' quality of life and their social support networks. Friends as support providers was strongly associated with better quality of life. The findings also indicated that there were significant differences in female and male client satisfaction with quality of life.
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Murdock, Melissa E. (Melissa Erleene). "Comparing Stress Buffering and Main Effects Models of Social Support for Married and Widowed Older Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278716/.
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Social support has been shown to lessen the negative effects of life stress on psychological and physical health. The stress buffering model and the main effects model of social support were compared using two samples of women over the age of 50 who were either married or recently widowed. These two groups represent low and high uncontrollable major life stress respectively. Other life stress events were also taken into account. Measures assessed current level of life stress, perceived social support, satisfaction with social support, and psychological symptomatology. Results using overall psychological health as the dependent variable support the main effects model.