Hammer M
Schizophr Bull. 1981;7(1):45-57. doi: 10.1093/schbul/7.1.45.
This article considers the meaning of "social support" and its relationship to social networks, and discusses a structural approach to analysis of social connections in the study of schizophrenia. The concept of social supports is seen as methodologically more problematic and less strategic than the more structurally oriented concepts of social networks and social connections. It is argued that in terms of research strategy, if social connections are studied structurally as they change and develop over time, the impact of the specifically social processes can be better separated from that of the personal characteristics of the focal individual than seems possible with other approaches. Analysis of the properties of the networks around the focal individual, independently of that individual's own social behavior, can help to disentangle the interwoven complex of causes, characteristics, and consequences of schizophrenia.
本文探讨了“社会支持”的含义及其与社会网络的关系，并讨论了在精神分裂症研究中分析社会联系的一种结构化方法。社会支持的概念在方法论上被认为比社会网络和社会联系等更具结构导向性的概念问题更多且缺乏策略性。有人认为，从研究策略的角度来看，如果从结构上研究社会联系如何随着时间的推移而变化和发展，那么与其他方法相比，特定社会过程的影响能比焦点个体的个人特征的影响更好地分离出来。分析焦点个体周围网络的属性，独立于该个体自身的社会行为，有助于理清精神分裂症的原因、特征和后果之间相互交织的复杂关系。
