'It's a difficult situation to be an asylum seeker in the UK. It's not easy at all': An exploration of the social and psychological impact of seeking asylum in Wales.

Wales has been committed to receiving asylum seekers and resettling refugees in towns and cities, and these numbers are increasing on a yearly basis. However, many people seeking asylum feel disempowered by the disabling policies of the Home Office, leading to social and economic hardship for this population. This qualitative study aimed to capture the voices of this under-served group through in-depth, semi structured interviews to gain contextual understanding of the social and psychological challenges experienced by people seeking asylum in Wales. The findings suggest that many asylum seekers and refugees relied on their social support networks to compensate for the limited welfare offered to them by the asylum system. Changes to the asylum process and policies are needed for Wales to achieve its goal of ensuring that people seeking asylum are supported to rebuild their lives and make a full contribution to the Welsh society.

Comparison of Pre-existing Mood Disorders and Chronic Kidney Disease as Predictors of Ambulatory Status After Major Limb Amputation.

Objective We aim to compare the effects of pre-existing mood disorders and chronic kidney disease (CKD) on ambulation outcomes for patients who have undergone major lower extremity amputation (MLEA) while also stratifying by the presence of social factors. Methods  We performed a retrospective chart review of 700 patients admitted from 2014 to 2022 who underwent MLEA. We performed Chi-square tests and binomial logistic regression with p < 0.05 as our significance level. Results Mood disorder patients have higher rates of independent ambulation if they have familial support (p = 0.022), a listed primary care provider (PCP; p = 0.013), a six-month follow-up (p < 0.001), or a one-year follow-up (p < 0.001). Patients with a history of mood disorder have significantly decreased odds of prosthesis usage (OR: 0.58, 95% CI: 0.40-0.86) but have higher rates of prosthesis usage if they have familial support (p = 0.002), a PCP listed (p = 0.005), a six-month follow-up (p < 0.001), or a one-year follow-up (p < 0.001). CKD patients have significantly decreased odds of eventual independent ambulation (OR: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.49-0.97) but have significantly increased rates of independent ambulation if they have familial support (p =0.041) and six-month (p < 0.001) or one-year follow-up (p < 0.001). CKD patients only have significant changes in prosthesis usage with a six-month (p < 0.001) or one-year follow-up (p < 0.001). Conclusions Pre-existing CKD and mood disorders are associated with decreased odds of independent ambulation and prosthesis usage, respectively. Social factors such as family support, a listed PCP, and timely follow-up are associated with markedly improved ambulatory outcomes for MLEA patients with mood disorders and CKD, with significantly improved prosthesis usage outcomes in only the mood disorder population.

Apoio social a familiares de vítimas de homicídio em contexto de violência comunitária / Social support to homicides victims' families in the context of community violence

Resumo Investiga-se o apoio social a familiares de vítimas de homicídio a partir da metodologia de análise de narrativas. Foram entrevistados parentes das vítimas residentes em áreas marcadas pela violência armada no município de São Gonçalo-RJ. A análise indicou que os familiares reconhecem diferentes tipos de apoio provenientes, principalmente, de suas redes de relações informais. No entanto, relatam situações de desamparo e frustração das suas expectativas e necessidades relativas ao suporte comunitário e institucional. A violência comunitária expressa-se nos múltiplos eventos traumáticos que contribuem para a construção de uma atmosfera de desconfiança e medo entre os membros da comunidade, impactam os mecanismos de solidariedade nesses territórios e dificultam a constituição de uma rede de apoio aos familiares de vítimas de homicídio. Conclui-se que a construção de estratégias de atenção às pessoas afetadas pela perda violenta de um familiar por homicídio e mesmo o rompimento com os processos reprodutores dessa violência letal na sociedade são possíveis através de ações articuladas e integradas entre sistemas formais e informais que funcionem como uma efetiva rede de apoio social.

Abstract This study investigates the social support for homicide victims' families. A qualitative approach based on narrative analysis was undertaken. Interviews were conducted with family members of homicide victims living in areas of intense armed violence in São Gonçalo city, Rio de Janeiro. The analysis indicated that family members recognize different types of support, mainly from their informal network (family members, friendship and neighborhood). However, they feel helpless, as the support received does not meet their expectations and needs. The recurring traumatic events related to criminal and police violence have an impact on the solidarity mechanisms in the neighborhood, contributing to the construction of an atmosphere of distrust among community members with implications for the constitution of a support network for homicide victims' families. It is concluded that the construction of care strategies for people impacted by homicide and even the break with the reproductive processes of this lethal violence in society are possible only through the integrated action between formal and informal systems that work in an articulated way constituting an effective social support network.

Validation of Expanded form of Lubben Social Network Scale among Community-Dwelling Geriatric Population in India.

Background: For assessing social networks in the elderly and the social support they receive and to predict social isolation, a proper valid and reliable short-scale screening tool is necessary. The present study aims to estimate the internal consistency and structural validity of the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-18) among community-dwelling Indian older adults. Materials and Methods: We have administered the LSNS-18 scale to 500 older adults (>60 years) and performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling for the validation. Cronbach's alpha was done for estimating the internal consistency. Results: The LSNS-18 was easily answerable and the only minimum time is required for administration. CFA identified three domains with six items for each domain that demonstrated a good fit for the older adults with the internal consistency of 0.91. Conclusion: These findings suggest that LSNS-18 may be a valid tool for assessing the social network of the elderly and help to predict the risk for isolation in this vulnerable group.

Monoparentalidade voluntária: autoridade e rede social na construção do vínculo / Voluntary single parenting: authority and social network in the construction of the bond

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar a percepção dos pais sobre a construção do vínculo com os filhos na monoparentalidade. Foram entrevistados cinco mães e três pais, entre 35 e 58 anos, das camadas socioeconômicas médias da população urbana do Rio de Janeiro, membros de famílias planejadas - uma com filho biológico, outra com filhos biológicos e adotados, e seis constituídas por adoção. Os resultados foram analisados conforme o método de análise de conteúdo. Emergiram duas categorias de análise: exercício da autoridade solo e rede social de apoio. Os resultados apontaram o exercício da autoridade solo como um desafio, especialmente nos casos de adoção tardia, relacionado à contestação da autoridade, à triangulação com a família biológica, e à dificuldade de colocar limites e regras devido ao contexto anterior em que a criança vivia. A rede social de apoio apresentou-se como um tipo de vínculo significativo, mostrando-se diversificada, inclusive na maneira de constituir-se; observaram-se a abertura aos laços de afinidade, o aspecto criativo na sua construção e a participação de profissionais de diferentes áreas, especialmente da Psicologia. Apontamos a relevância de abrir um campo de estudos sobre essa nova forma de constituir família ­ a monoparentalidade adotiva.

This study aims to investigate the parents' perception about the construction of the bond with their children in single parenthood. Five mothers and three fathers, between 35 and 58 years old, from the middle socioeconomic strata of the urban population of Rio de Janeiro, members of planned families were interviewed: one family with a biological child, another with biological and adopted children, and six constituted by adoption. The results were analyzed according to the content analysis method. Two categories of analysis emerged: exercise of solo authority and social support network. The results pointed out the exercise of single authority as a challenge, especially in cases of late adoption, related to contesting authority, triangulation with the biological family, and the difficulty of placing limits and rules due to the previous context in which the child lived. The social support network presented itself as a type of significant bond, showing itself to be diversified, including in the way it was constituted. The opening to ties of affinity, the creative aspect in its construction and the participation of professionals from different areas, especially from Psychology, were observed. We point out the relevance of opening a field of studies on this new way of forming a family ­ adoptive single parenting.

The Impact of a Peer Social Support Network from the Perspective of Women with Fibromyalgia: A Qualitative Study.

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a chronic and complex disease whose management by patients requires a high level of commitment. Patient empowerment therefore represents an important milestone in chronic disease treatment and control. We explored the impact of a peer social support network from the perspective of women with fibromyalgia. METHODS: A generic qualitative design was proposed for the study, for which women who had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia were purposefully selected. Six semi-structured interviews were conducted, and the collected data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: Three key themes emerged regarding the peer social support network: (1) empowerment (facilitating acceptance of the diagnosis and acting as a source of information); (2) effects on well-being and quality of life (attenuated the stigma, improved physical well-being, provided emotional support and was a socialization medium); and (3), valuable aspects (transmitted feelings of being understood and listened to and increased personal feelings of satisfaction). CONCLUSIONS: A peer social support network for women with fibromyalgia exerts positive effects on their physical, mental, and social well-being and empowers them to better manage their disease. Healthcare for women with fibromyalgia should include strategies that connect them through peer social support networks.

The structure and functional correlates of social support networks of people in advanced old age living in chosen urban and rural areas in Poland: a cross-sectional study.

The purpose of the study was to identify the different types of social support networks (SSNs) among community-dwelling people aged 75+ years in selected areas of Poland, and to evaluate any associations between the network type and demographic and health variables of the population studied. The two most prevalent SSN types identified using the Practitioner Assessment of Network Type were "family dependent" (35.8%) and "locally integrated" (32.2%). "Local self-contained" (6.4%), "wider community focused" (2.8%) and "private restricted" (5.6%) SSNs were observed less frequently. In 17.2% of cases, it was not possible to identify the type of network unequivocally. Older people with a locally integrated SSN, in contrast to the family dependent type, were generally younger, living alone, and less likely to be homebound, rate their health as poor, suffer from depression or dementia, and had lower levels of functional disability. Locally integrated SSNs are recognized in the literature as being the most robust in terms of facilitating well-being and providing sufficient support to help maintain the older person in the community. This may reflect the higher levels of independence of older people able to sustain these support networks, which are then transformed into family-dependent types as their health deteriorates, but confirmation of this would require prospective studies. An improved understanding of the prevalence of different types of social networks among older people in Poland would help to guide a systematic approach to recognizing unmet needs in this population and provide crucial information in the planning of formal services.

Tempo de cuidado com o bebê, divisão de tarefas e rede de apoio materna / Baby care time, division of tasks and maternal support network

Considerando a importância da interação mãe-bebê para o desenvolvimento da criança, pesquisadores têm questionado se a inserção da mulher no mercado de trabalho altera a dinâmica dessa interação. Este estudo teve o objetivo de comparar o tempo de cuidado com o bebê, a divisão de tarefas domésticas e a rede de apoio social de mães que não trabalham e mães que trabalham fora de casa. Em relação aos cuidados com o bebê, os resultados apontaram que mães que trabalham fora dedicam mais tempo aos filhos nos finais de semana, enquanto mães que não trabalham dedicam mais tempo durante os dias da semana. Além disso, a mãe foi apontada como maior responsável pelo cuidado com o bebê, seguida pelo pai e a avó. Na divisão de tarefas domésticas, observou-se maior tempo de dedicação pelas mães que não trabalham. De modo geral, a avó apareceu como figura fundamental na rede de apoio materna.

Considering the importance of mother-infant interaction for the child's development, researchers have questioned whether the insertion of women in the labor market changes the dynamics of this interaction. This study aimed to compare the time taken to care for the baby, the division of domestic tasks and the social support network of mothers who do not work and the mothers who work outside the home. Regarding baby care, the results indicated that mothers who work outside dedicate more time to their children on weekends, while mothers who do not work dedicate more time during weekdays. In addition, the mother was appointed as the main responsible for the care of the baby, followed by the father and the grandmother. In the division of domestic tasks, more time was devoted by mothers who do not work. In general, the grandmother appeared as a fundamental figure in the maternal support network.

"It was an unexpected bond": How an emerging participant-driven online social network may be enhancing an eLearning nutrition education & supplemental produce intervention.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper is to describe a participant-driven, online text message-based social support network that emerged from an eLearning nutrition education and supplemental produce intervention. METHODS: Adults (n = 20) who utilized a safety-net clinic for their healthcare participated in a 12-week smartphone-based nutrition education eLearning program using loaned smartphones. Participants also received a box of fresh produce weekly. Participants received weekly text message reminders to collect their produce, and from this researcher-initiated reminder text, a supportive, participant-led, all-group text message thread commenced. Researchers collected all 471 text messages in this all-group thread and included them in the qualitative content analysis of pre and post intervention focus groups. RESULTS: The original design of the eLearning nutrition education program was to asynchronously engage learners with nutrition education resources. However, participants themselves initiated a robust group text message support system through which they shared encouragement, recipes, grocery shopping tips, and images of food they prepared with the produce box amongst themselves for the duration of the 12-week intervention. CONCLUSION: The novel nature by which these participants voluntarily engaged in this peer-to-peer nutrition education-focused text message conversation exemplifies participants becoming agents in their own learning experience and will be used to enhance future eLearning nutrition education experiences developed by our team.

Different Discussion Partners and Their Effect on Depression among Older Adults.

Although the multidimensionality of core discussion networks has been well established and widely studied, studies of the effects of social support on depression rarely consider the multifaceted aspects of dyadic discussion partner ties. This article proposes defining dyadic social relationships as a construct comprising several tie-level attributes and differentiating multiple forms of support relationships by assessing the configuration pattern of multiple attributes. The current study examines various forms of older adults' discussion partners and identifies which form of discussion partner relationship is effective at buffering the negative effects of adverse life events on depression symptoms. Results from the University of California Social Network Survey show that older adults' discussion partners can be classified into five distinct types of dyadic ties: spouse/romantic partners, close neighbors, remote type, social companions, and acquaintances. The discussion network with more close neighbor confidants is more effective at buffering the negative effects of adverse life events. These results offer an alternative way of investigating the differential significance of various social support relationships in mental well-being.

Development of Social Support Networks by Patients With Depression Through Online Health Communities: Social Network Analysis.

BACKGROUND: In recent years, people with mental health problems are increasingly using online social networks to receive social support. For example, in online depression communities, patients can share their experiences, exchange valuable information, and receive emotional support to help them cope with their disease. Therefore, it is critical to understand how patients with depression develop online social support networks to exchange informational and emotional support. OBJECTIVE: Our aim in this study was to investigate which user attributes have significant effects on the formation of informational and emotional support networks in online depression communities and to further examine whether there is an association between the two social networks. METHODS: We used social network theory and constructed exponential random graph models to help understand the informational and emotional support networks in online depression communities. A total of 74,986 original posts were retrieved from 1077 members in an online depression community in China from April 2003 to September 2017 and the available data were extracted. An informational support network of 1077 participant nodes and 6557 arcs and an emotional support network of 1077 participant nodes and 6430 arcs were constructed to examine the endogenous (purely structural) effects and exogenous (actor-relation) effects on each support network separately, as well as the cross-network effects between the two networks. RESULTS: We found significant effects of two important structural features, reciprocity and transitivity, on the formation of both the informational support network (r=3.6247, P<.001, and r=1.6232, P<.001, respectively) and the emotional support network (r=4.4111, P<.001, and r=0.0177, P<.001, respectively). The results also showed significant effects of some individual factors on the formation of the two networks. No significant effects of homophily were found for gender (r=0.0783, P=.20, and r=0.1122, P=.25, respectively) in the informational or emotional support networks. There was no tendency for users who had great influence (r=0.3253, P=.05) or wrote more posts (r=0.3896, P=.07) or newcomers (r=-0.0452, P=.66) to form informational support ties more easily. However, users who spent more time online (r=0.6680, P<.001) or provided more replies to other posts (r=0.5026, P<.001) were more likely to form informational support ties. Users who had a big influence (r=0.8325, P<.001), spent more time online (r=0.5839, P<.001), wrote more posts (r=2.4025, P<.001), or provided more replies to other posts (r=0.2259, P<.001) were more likely to form emotional support ties, and newcomers (r=-0.4224, P<.001) were less likely than old-timers to receive emotional support. In addition, we found that there was a significant entrainment effect (r=0.7834, P<.001) and a nonsignificant exchange effect (r=-0.2757, P=.32) between the two networks. CONCLUSIONS: This study makes several important theoretical contributions to the research on online depression communities and has important practical implications for the managers of online depression communities and the users involved in these communities.

Quality of Life Among Caregivers of a Vulnerable Population Living with HIV: Caregiving and Relationship Factors.

Literature on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has focused on people living with chronic conditions, with less attention given to HRQOL among informal caregivers. We used cross-sectional dyadic data from both care recipients (CR) living with HIV and the person they identified as their primary informal (unpaid) caregiver (CG) to identify psychosocial and caregiving relationship factors (including, CG role ambivalence and caregiving-related stress) associated with CG HRQOL. We conducted confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling testing. The results highlight interdependent effects of the CG-CR relationship and reveal pathways whereby relationship interactions positively and negatively impact CGs' HRQOL. Affiliative stigma, CG-CR communication, CRs' reciprocity of support and other psychosocial factors indirectly and differentially affected physical and mental HRQOL through effects on secondary stress and role ambivalence. Dyad-focused intervention on interpersonal communication and support exchange may improve HRQOL and resilience of CGs of vulnerable people living with HIV.

RESUMEN: La literatura sobre calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS) se ha centrado en las personas que viven con enfermedades crónicas, con menos atención a la CVRS entre los cuidadores informales. Utilizamos datos diádicos transversales de recibidores de cuidado (RC) que viven con VIH y de la persona que identificaron como su principal cuidador informal (no remunerado) (CI) para identificar los factores psicosociales y en la relación de cuidado (incluyendo la ambivalencia del rol de CI y del estrés) asociado con calidad de vida. Realizamos análisis factoriales confirmatorios y pruebas de modelación de ecuaciones estructurales. Los resultados demostraron los efectos interdependientes de la relación entre el cuidador y el recibidor de cuidado y revelan cómo las interacciones de la relación impactan la calidad de vida de los cuidadores. El estigma, la comunicación en la relación, la reciprocidad de apoyo de los recibidores de cuidado y otros factores psicosociales afectaron indirecta y diferencialmente la calidad de vida física y mental a través de los efectos sobre el estrés secundario y la ambivalencia de roles. Las intervenciones diádicas centradas en la comunicación interpersonal y la facilitación de apoyo pueden mejorar la calidad de vida y la capacidad de recuperación de los cuidadores de las personas vulnerables que viven con el VIH.

No gain in pain: psychological well-being, participation, and wages in the BHPS.

Accounting for endogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and sample selection in an unified framework, we investigate the effect of psychological well-being on wages and labour market participation using a panel from the British Household Panel Survey. We find the effect of psychological well-being on labour market outcomes to differ across gender. In particular, psychological distress significantly reduces participation across genders, but, conditional on participation, has a significant negative effect on hourly wages only in the female sample.

Social support network, social support, self-efficacy, health-promoting behavior and healthy aging among older adults: A pathway analysis.

AIMS: To determine the pattern of relationships among social support network, social support, self-efficacy, health-promoting behavior and healthy aging in older adults. METHODS: Totally, 485 community-dwelling participants aged 60 years and older were recruited from four districts of Beijing, China. Data were obtained from July to November, 2017 using a questionnaire containing general information items, the Lubben Social Network Scale-18, the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey-Chinese version, the Self-rated Abilities for Health Practices Scale, the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II and a Healthy Aging Instrument. Path analysis was applied to examine the pattern of relationships between one's social support network and healthy aging. RESULTS: The influence of a neighbor network on healthy aging was stronger than that of a family and friend network. Friend network had greater impact than family network on health-promoting behavior and self-efficacy. However, support from family members had a stronger effect than friend support and neighbor support on health-promoting behavior, self-efficacy and healthy aging. Furthermore, the finding revealed that self-efficacy had the stronger effect on healthy aging than that of health-promoting behavior. CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that one's social support network plays an important role in promoting healthy aging. In China, medical and human resources for community healthcare systems are often limited. We propose that community nurses, as the "gatekeepers" to the healthcare system, should actively collaborate with older adults' social network resources to promote healthy aging. Moreover, nurses should develop efficient programs which focus on the ways of improving self-efficacy.

Mental health presentations to the emergency department: A perspective on the involvement of social support networks.

The involvement of families, carers and significant others (i.e. social support networks) has a positive corollary for a person experiencing mental health problems. Accordingly, in Australia involvement of social support networks within mental health services is endorsed in national health policy and service guidelines. Despite the endorsement, this is yet to be fully realised in all areas that provide mental health services, including emergency departments. Social support networks are integral in the provision of mental health consumers' care. Supporting the involvement of social support networks in the emergency department can provide healthcare services with opportunities for enhanced and cost-effective care, contributing to improved outcomes for consumers. An overview of some of the barriers and facilitators of social support network involvement is provided. The intention of this paper is to encourage reflection and dialogue on this important area of mental health service provision and support the evolution of a new paradigm of research into social support network involvement in the emergency department.

Social support network typologies and their association with dementia and depression among older adults in Singapore: a cross-sectional analysis.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the social support network type and its associations with depression and dementia among older adults in Singapore. DESIGN: This study is a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Well-being of the Singapore Elderly study. The Practitioner Assessment of Network Type was used to identify five social support network types. Odds Ratios (OR) of dementia and depression were estimated with logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression, respectively, adjusted for sociodemographic variables. SETTING: Singapore. OUTCOME MEASURES: 10/66 criteria and Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy computer algorithm. PARTICIPANTS: 2421 older adults aged 60 years and above, and their informants. RESULTS: Logistic regression revealed that as compared with participants in the family dependent social support network type, those in the locally integrated social support network type were negatively associated with dementia. It was observed that it is the older adults' perception of the quality of social interaction that influences the likelihood of depression. CONCLUSION: The social support network typology presents knowledge about the older adults' social network profile and their cognitive functioning-ability which would help stakeholders better identify older adults who might be at risk of cognitive decline or experiencing delay in diagnosis of dementia.

Social support networks in Chinese older adults: health outcomes and health related behaviors: a path analysis.

Background: Population aging is a social and economic concern for China. It is essential to understand types of social support networks available to elderly people living in China. Objectives: The aim of this research was to identify network types among Chinese older adults and to examine the differential relationship of the network types, health outcomes and health-related behaviors. Methods: Secondary analysis of data compiled by the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (n = 9749) was extracted. Network types were derived through latent class analysis with Mplus 6.12 software. Statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, multiple logistic regression and path analysis. Results: Four types of social networks were identified, these included private (16%), non-couple-focused (15%), couple-focused (47%) and diverse (22%). Compared with elders belonging to other networks, elders in diverse network possessed the healthiest status and the highest health-related behaviors score. Health-related behaviors played a role in mediating social network types to health outcomes was identified. Findings were aligned to the conceptual model pathway proposed by Berkman ( 2000 ). Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that types of social networks for elders are significantly correlated to health-related behaviors and health outcomes. Detail and understanding of the correlations are useful to inform healthcare practice and policy and to assist the development of appropriate interpersonal interventions.

Redes de apoio social de famílias com crianças acolhidas institucionalmente: estudo de caso múltiplo / Social support network of families with children institutionally accepted: multiple study of case

Esta pesquisa investigou a rede de apoio social de famílias com crianças institucionalizadas a partir de dois estudos de caso, um com uma mãe e outro com uma avó que tinham, respectivamente, sua filha e neto em acolhimento institucional. Com a utilização de diário de campo, análise de documentos, entrevista semiestruturada e o Mapa dos Cinco Campos pode-se formular os resultados, que indicaram incipientes práticas de cuidado na construção das redes das participantes, em que tanto o número de elos quanto à qualidade entre eles era escasso e sem alguma figura de referência. Os resultados mostraram que a família é o principal apoio percebido pelas participantes e ao mesmo tempo é onde mais se tem conflitos. Concluiu-se que poucas pessoas faziam parte da rede de apoio social dessas famílias, o que contribuiu para a situação de vulnerabilidade.(AU)

This research investigated the social support network of families with institutionalized children from two case studies, one with a mother and the other with a grandmother who respectively had their daughter and grandchild in institutional care. With the use of field diary, document analysis, semi-structured interview and the Map of the Five Fields, the results can be formulated, which indicated incipient care practices in the construction of the participants' networks, in which both the number of that the family is the main support perceived by the participants and at the same time it is where there are more conflicts. It was concluded that few people were part of the social support network of these families, which contributed to the situation of vulnerability.(AU)

Red de soporte social y apoyo comunitario en miembros de una organización de desplazados por violencia política residentes en Cañete, Perú / Social Support Network and Community Support Among Members of an Organization of Persons Displaced by Political Violence Residing in Cañete, Peru

Resumen El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar la relación entre la red de soporte social y el apoyo comunitario en los miembros de una organización de personas desplazadas por violencia política. Para tal fin, el estudio descriptivo-correlacional incluyó a 80 participantes (49 mujeres y 31 hombres) con una edad promedio de 45.79 años (DE = 11.41), quienes residían en una provincia de Lima y provenían, en su mayoría, del departamento de Ayacucho. Se les administró el Cuestionario de Red Social (SNQ) y el Cuestionario de Apoyo Comunitario Percibido (PCSQ). Entre los principales resultados, se encontró que el componente Integración y Participación Comunitaria del PCSQ correlaciona con dos funciones y dos categorías del SNQ. Se presenta asociación positiva estadísticamente significativa con la función guía cognitiva (r s = .32), la función socialización (r s = .24) y la categoría satisfacción (r s = .24) y asociación negativa y estadísticamente significativa con la categoría heterogeneidad (r s = -.23). Se discuten las implicancias de los presentes hallazgos.

Abstract: The present study's aim was to determine the relationship between the social support network and community support among members of an organization of persons displaced by political violence. The correlational-descriptive research included 80 individuals (49 females and 31 males) with a mean age of 45.79 years old (SD = 11.41),who reside in a province of Lima and came, mostly, from the department of Ayacucho. Participants completed the Social Network Questionnaire (SNQ), as well as the Perceived Community Support Questionnaire (PCSQ). Among the main findings, we found that the Integration component and Community Participation from the PCSQ correlate with two functions and two categories from the SNQ. Specifically there is a statistically significant positive association with the Cognitive Guide function (r s = .32), the Socialization function (r s = .24) and the Satisfaction category (r s = .24); and a statistically significant negative association with the Heterogeneity category (r s = -.23).Implications of the results obtained will be discussed in the present paper.