Toohey Siobhan M, Shinn Marybeth, Weitzman Beth C
New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2004 Mar;33(1-2):7-20. doi: 10.1023/b:ajcp.0000014315.82860.d2.
To examine possible bidirectional relationships between homelessness and deficient social networks, we compared the networks of 251 mothers before, and approximately 5 years after, their families entered shelters with networks of 291 consistently housed poor mothers. At Time 1, more women on the verge of homelessness than housed women reported that they had mothers, grandmothers, friends, and relatives but fewer believed these network members were housing resources. At Time 2, after homeless women were rehoused, these network differences between consistently housed and formerly homeless women had largely disappeared. Contrary to prior research findings, formerly homeless mothers did not report smaller networks, more children or fewer partners. However, formerly homeless women did report fewer positive functions. Because of city policies, homeless mothers were frequently rehoused far from network members.
为了研究无家可归与社会网络匮乏之间可能存在的双向关系，我们比较了251位母亲在其家庭进入收容所之前以及大约5年后的社交网络，对照组是291位一直有住房的贫困母亲的社交网络。在时间1时，濒临无家可归的女性比有住房的女性报告称她们有母亲、祖母、朋友和亲戚，但更少有人认为这些网络成员是住房资源。在时间2时，无家可归的女性重新获得住房后，一直有住房的女性和曾经无家可归的女性之间的这些网络差异基本消失。与先前的研究结果相反，曾经无家可归的母亲并未报告社交网络更小、孩子更多或伴侣更少。然而，曾经无家可归的女性确实报告称积极功能更少。由于城市政策，无家可归的母亲经常被安置在远离网络成员的地方。
