The Social Network: Homeless Young Women, Social Capital, and the Health Implications of Belonging outside the Nuclear Family

Autor/inn/en	Oliver, Vanessa; Cheff, Rebecca
Titel	The Social Network: Homeless Young Women, Social Capital, and the Health Implications of Belonging outside the Nuclear Family
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 46 (2014) 5, S.642-662 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X12448801
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; Females; Social Capital; Physical Health; Mental Health; Social Support Groups; Social Networks; Family (Sociological Unit); Health Services; Social Services; Peer Relationship; Qualitative Research; Personal Narratives; Youth; Emergency Shelters; Internet; Inclusion; Access to Computers; Foreign Countries; Canada (Toronto) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Weibliches Geschlecht; Sozialkapital; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Familie; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Peer-Beziehungen; Qualitative Forschung; Erlebniserzählung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Notunterkunft; Inklusion; Ausland
Abstract	This article looks at the means through which homeless young women are able to improve their flow of social capital by attaining a sense of belonging and forming positive attachments to supportive people and places. In so doing, they also develop relationships with health and social services and improve their overall physical and mental health through stable and supportive interactions. In working with homeless youth, however, the very concept of social capital must be adapted to appropriately respond both to their unique social needs and to the less traditional means by which they are able to attain it. Here, the authors explore the ways in which homeless young women are forming attachments and thereby accruing social capital outside of the nuclear family unit: through extended family, service providers, peers, and online social networks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10