Public Stigma and Personal Networks: Confronting the Limitations of Unidimensional Measures of Social Contact
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DOI: 10.1177/00221465211072311
Abstract: One of the most promising directions for reducing mental illness stigma lies in Allport’s contact theory, which suggests that intergroup interactions reduce stigma. Here, we argue that stigmatizing attitudes are driven by the nature, magnitude,… read more here.
Keywords: stigma; mental illness; public stigma; networks confronting ... See more keywords
Gendered Occupational Shifts in the Transition to Parenthood: The Influence of Personal Networks
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DOI: 10.1177/0038038515601857
Abstract: This article investigates the influence of personal networks on changes of occupational rates of men and women becoming parents. It discusses and measures the effects of various interconnected dimensions of network structures and compositions, such… read more here.
Keywords: occupational shifts; influence personal; personal networks; gendered occupational ... See more keywords
Tangled Roots: Personal Networks and the Participation of Individuals in an Anti-environmentalism Countermovement
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DOI: 10.1177/0731121420908886
Abstract: We focus on the personal networks of members of an anti-environmentalism countermovement in a small town in Canada (Port Alberni, B.C.) that mobilized against the environmental movement. Drawing primarily from social survey data, we investigate… read more here.
Keywords: participation; network; movement; countermovement ... See more keywords
Understanding the reconstruction of personal networks through residential migration trajectories
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DOI: 10.33182/ml.v17i5.694
Abstract: This article examines how residential trajectories influence the spatiality and composition of personal networks. Three mechanisms are considered: the addition of spatially close network members, the selection of spatially distant network members, and the substitution… read more here.
Keywords: personal networks; networks residential; residential trajectories; residential migration ... See more keywords