Social Support and socioeconomic status Flashcards
What are social networks?
Connections to family, friends, neighbors, clubs, or other institutions
What are psychological networks?
People who play important roles in your life.
What are interactive networks?
People with whom you regular interact.
When do networks help relationships?
When there is a lot of overlap between partner’s network.
When they are separate then it can be bad for the relationship
True or false:
When your networks support your partnership it has a hugely positive impact on the relationship.
True.
How do social networks provide resources?
Social networks provide social capital, which can help partners cope with stressors.
True or false:
Shared social networks that approve of the relationship make it easier to build and foster the relationship
True.
it adds to constraints
What happens when their is sustainability within your network?
Makes the relationship harder to sustain, as it makes your partner replaceable and no longer needed.
When family or friends disapprove of relationships, they can ________
Directly interfere.
True or false:
On average, religious attendance is associated with higher relationship satisfaction.
True, it allows for a great social support for its members
and having a shared belief system allows can be really helpful.
If you have one highly religious partner, and one that is not. What happens?
It causes rifts in a relationship.
True or false:
Divorce rates have been falling for university educated women, but have been rising for those without.
True
True or false:
Diverse rates are higher in low income neighborhoods
True
True or false:
Low income couples are 4x more likely to have their first kid before marriage.
True
True or fasle:
Low income couples report higher relationship distress?
True.
Do poor people care less about marriage?
No,
they care just as much as those with money about the health of their relationships.
Do poor people hold a unrealistic standard for marriage?
maybe,
Their expectations for the relationship are no different, then those of higher income people.
Do poor people just have worse relationships?
Nope,
low income couples do not report more negative behavior within their relationships compared to more affluent counterparts.
Why do poor people get divorced more often?
Being poor make life more difficult. you have: - fewer resources - health difficulties - lower education - little free time - high stress,
What is the promint approach to help with high divorce rates among poor people?
Teach them about relationships
What does Matthew
D. Johnson say about helping poor people with relationships?
(three things)
The effects between those who receive help and don’t is small at best.
this is due to the fact that relationship education was made for the middle class.
and those who need it most don’t attend
What does Hawkins say about helping poor people with relationships?
(two things)
- in terms of large populations Even small effects translate into big savings in terms of reliance on the taxpayer funded support.
- most governments administrated programs have difficulty demonstrating an impact
