在22个国家的社会支持和亲密朋友的人口变化:跨国分析
James L Ritchie-Dunham1,2, George Yancey3,4, Shunsuke Managi5
1Rosenthal Department of Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
International journal of applied positive psychology
|June 2, 2025
概括
在全球范围内,大多数人报告说他们有一个亲密的朋友和社会支持,但这些密切的社会联系在不同国家和人口统计学方面有很大差异. 了解这些差异对于开发文化相关的干预措施至关重要.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 社会支持,亲密的友和改善的健康/福祉之间存在着强烈的关联.
- 大多数关于社会联系的现有研究都是基于美国的,这限制了跨国理解.
- 在不同国家和人口统计学方面,社会支持和友的差异尚未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 进行社会支持和亲密友的跨国探索.
- 检查关键的人口群体和国家之间的社会联系的变化.
- 为促进社会联系的文化适当干预提供基础.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自22个国家的202,898名个人的大型国际数据集.
- 研究了社会支持,亲密友和人口统计 (年龄,性别,婚姻状况,就业,教育,移民) 之间的关系.
- 介绍了关于全球社会支持和亲密友的分布以及人口统计因素的描述性统计数据.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,84%的个人报告有一个亲密的朋友,社会支持得分为7.4/10.
- 各国在社会支持和亲密友方面观察到显著的差异.
- 就业状况,教育水平和宗教服务出席率显示了社会联系的显著差异.
结论:
- 密切的社会联系,包括亲密的友和社会支持,很普遍,但在跨国和人口统计学上表现出相当大的差异.
- 研究结果强调了在研究社会联系时需要考虑社会文化背景的必要性.
- 这项研究为未来关于影响塑造社会联系的研究提供了必要的描述性数据.
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