This chapter reviews social capital as discussed in the literature, identifies controversies and
debates, considers some critical issues, and provides conceptual and research strategies for …

Data on social networks may be gathered for all ties linking elements of a closed population
(“complete” network data) or for the sets of ties surrounding sampled individual units …

Objectives Social isolation among older adults is an important but under-recognized risk for
poor health outcomes. Methods are needed to identify subgroups of older adults at risk for …

内容提要: 本文运用1996 年“天津城乡居民社会网” 的问卷调查资料, 对市民和农民的社会支持网
进行了比较研究. 我们的研究发现:(1) 亲属在城乡居民的财务支持网中发挥着非常重要的作用.(2 …

Face-to-face social interactions enhance well-being. With the ubiquity of social media,
important questions have arisen about the impact of online social interactions. In the present …

When people are facing difficulties, they often feel the need for a confidant-a person to vent
to or a sympathetic ear with whom to talk things through. How do they decide on whom to …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS for EGO-NETS Page 3 SAGE was
founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable knowledge by …

This book is principally intended for social scientists wanting to undertake social network
research. It assumes the reader already knows a thing or two (perhaps even a lot) about …

Despite the spread and adoption of social network concepts outside of the academy and the
rising use of social network analysis across a number of disciplines, there is no general …

Social networking sites (SNSs), which are platforms based on user interactions, currently
play increasingly important roles in sharing electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) among …