Department of Social Work, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, PO Box 2460, Jonesboro, AR 72467, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Aug;13(4):756-65. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9444-y.
Immigrants depend on within-group social networks for social support during the acculturation process. Within-group social networks are linked to higher mutual concern and reciprocity, lower acculturative stress, and lower depression among immigrants Studies are limited, however, about immigrants' social support in the contexts of global connectedness and transnational connectivity. Grounded in social capital approach and immigrant health framework, this qualitative, community-based study examined the social networks of immigrant men from India to New York City. Drawing upon the participants' narratives, the author illustrates the ways that social capital influences social networking and acculturative stress in post-immigration sociocultural contexts along with its implications for community-based interventions.
移民在文化适应过程中依赖群体内的社会网络获得社会支持。群体内的社会网络与更高的相互关心和互惠、更低的文化适应压力以及更低的移民抑郁有关。然而，关于移民在全球化联系和跨国联系背景下的社会支持的研究有限。本研究基于社会资本方法和移民健康框架，以纽约市的印度移民男性为研究对象，采用定性社区研究方法，探讨了移民的社会网络。通过参与者的叙述，作者说明了社会资本如何影响移民后社会文化背景下的社交网络和文化适应压力，以及其对基于社区的干预措施的影响。
