Social Capital, Family Support, Resilience and Educational Outcomes of Chinese Migrant Children

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 636-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Wu ◽  
B. Tsang ◽  
H. Ming
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Migrant Children

scholarly journals Measuring Social Capital and Support Networks of Young Immigrants

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
María Paz Sandín Esteban ◽  
Angelina Sánchez Martí ◽  
Ana Belén Cano Hila
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Academic Persistence ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relational Systems ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Young Immigrants

<p class="apa">This paper addresses the importance of the diagnosis of “personal communities” as relational systems that may influence the academic pathways of young immigrants. As part of a longitudinal study of the academic persistence of young people in their transition from compulsory to post-compulsory education, a “personal network questionnaire” has been developed. This instrument allows the relational structure of students to be captured and represented, and the impact of this structure on educational outcomes to be analysed. It measures and explores the network of inter-relations with adults (family, educational and recreational professionals, etc.) and peers in different settings. The theoretical elements underpinning its design and implementation are the interweaving of the student social capital and social support system to which they have or may have access to, and the Social Network Analysis (SNA) approach as the methodological framework. This network approach is rendered highly significant and valuable for professionals in educational diagnosis to assess relational vulnerability and design programs of intervention and counseling. With graphic techniques, we can somewhat address this challenge by examining patterns in relational data, experimenting with these data and putting forward hypotheses.</p>

scholarly journals Social Capital–Accrual, Escape-From-Self, and Time-Displacement Effects of Internet Use During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Period: Prospective, Quantitative Survey Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Cheng ◽  
Yan-Ching Lau ◽  
Jeremy W Luk
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Probable Depression ◽  
Displacement Effects ◽  
Time Point ◽  
At Home

BACKGROUND COVID-19 has spread like wildfire across the globe, prompting many governments to impose unprecedented stay-at-home orders to limit its transmission. During an extended stay-at-home period, individuals may engage in more online leisure activities. Internet use is a double-edged sword that may have both desirable and undesirable effects on psychological well-being, and this study sought to disentangle adaptive from maladaptive internet use amidst this unusual health crisis. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of probable depression during the COVID-19 stay-at-home period and to test three hypothesized risk reduction or risk elevation mechanisms, namely social capital–accrual, escape-from-self, and time-displacement effects. METHODS This study took place from March to May 2020 at the early stage of the pandemic. The study adopted a prospective design, with an online survey administered to 573 UK and 474 US adult residents at two assessment points 2 months apart. RESULTS The prevalence of moderate to severe depression was 36% (bootstrap bias-corrected and accelerated [BCa] 95% CI 33%-39%) at Time 1 (ie, initial time point) and 27% (bootstrap BCa 95% CI 25%-30%) at Time 2 (ie, follow-up time point). The results supported the social capital–accrual hypothesis by showing that the approach coping style was inversely associated with Time 2 depression through its positive associations with both social networking and perceived family support. The results also supported the escape-from-self hypothesis by revealing that the avoidant coping style was positively associated with Time 2 depression through its positive associations with both gaming and cyberbullying victimization, but the serial mediation model was no longer significant after Time 1 depression and some demographic risk factors had been controlled for. Finally, the results supported the time-displacement hypothesis by showing that gaming was positively associated with Time 2 depression through its inverse associations with social networking and perceived family support. CONCLUSIONS During the extended stay-at-home period in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of probable depression during the 2-month study period was high among the UK and US residents. Individuals with distinct coping styles may engage in different types of online leisure activities and perceive varying levels of social support, which are associated with risks of probable depression.

Strategic Approaches to Planning School Development and Improving Educational Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
O. Chernilevskaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Management Team ◽  
School Development ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
Specific Management

The article presents an example of strategic planning of school development in order to improve educational results. The author provides arguments and justifications for the choice of specific strategic approaches from understanding the categories of "school performance", "development factors", "management team", "social capital", "innovative activity" to researching the potential of the school, specific management decisions, demonstrating the structure and content developed development models. The material of the article reflects in detail the strategy of planning the educational process in a particular school in terms of development. The model of the innovative project "Educational Navigator" is described. A model of intraschool education quality assessment is presented. The article provides examples of the results of the study.

scholarly journals Transnational families and the circulation of care: a Romanian–German case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELISABETH SCHRÖDER-BUTTERFILL ◽  
JULIA SCHONHEINZ
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Transnational Families ◽  
Transnational Family

ABSTRACTThis article contributes to our understanding of transnational family relationships and the circulation of care. We are interested in understanding how large-scale emigration affects the support and care of older people in the origin country. Using in-depth interviews and participant observation, we examine the significance of transnational family support for older people, and the ways in which migrant children and other kin care for elderly relatives from afar. Our case study is of the Transylvanian Saxons, a German-speaking minority in Romania, who experienced mass-exodus to Germany following the end of socialism in 1990. The lapse of time since the exodus allows us to examine how transnational family practices evolve, and what the challenges are to maintaining family-hood over time and distance. Contrary to expectations, we find that material family support from Germany to Romania is not significant and has declined. Care, by contrast, remains an important part of what most transnational families provide, although practices of ‘caring about’ are more prevalent than hands-on ‘caring for’. Counter to optimistic accounts of transnational family care in the literature, we argue that the difficulties and challenges for older people of being cared for by distant family members are fundamental, and strong transnational family ties are not an inevitable outcome of migration.

Effects of Social Capital in Multiple Contexts on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Chinese Migrant Children

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaobing Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Study Results

Drawing upon a sample of 772 migrant children and their parents in Shanghai, China, this study used an ecological framework to investigate how social capital embedded in a range of social contexts (i.e., family, school, peer, and community) influenced the psychosocial adjustment of Chinese migrant children. Using structural equation modeling with latent variables, the study results suggested that higher levels of family, school, and peer social capital were all associated with better psychosocial adjustment of migrant children, with school social capital showing the strongest effect. In addition, these three dimensions of social capital also mediated the effect of community social capital on children’s psychosocial adjustment. Implications of these findings for theory, practice, and future research were discussed.

scholarly journals Social Capital–Accrual, Escape-From-Self, and Time-Displacement Effects of Internet Use During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Period: Prospective, Quantitative Survey Study

10.2196/22740 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. e22740
Author(s):  
Cecilia Cheng ◽  
Yan-Ching Lau ◽  
Jeremy W Luk
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Probable Depression ◽  
Displacement Effects ◽  
Time Point ◽  
At Home

Background COVID-19 has spread like wildfire across the globe, prompting many governments to impose unprecedented stay-at-home orders to limit its transmission. During an extended stay-at-home period, individuals may engage in more online leisure activities. Internet use is a double-edged sword that may have both desirable and undesirable effects on psychological well-being, and this study sought to disentangle adaptive from maladaptive internet use amidst this unusual health crisis. Objective The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of probable depression during the COVID-19 stay-at-home period and to test three hypothesized risk reduction or risk elevation mechanisms, namely social capital–accrual, escape-from-self, and time-displacement effects. Methods This study took place from March to May 2020 at the early stage of the pandemic. The study adopted a prospective design, with an online survey administered to 573 UK and 474 US adult residents at two assessment points 2 months apart. Results The prevalence of moderate to severe depression was 36% (bootstrap bias-corrected and accelerated [BCa] 95% CI 33%-39%) at Time 1 (ie, initial time point) and 27% (bootstrap BCa 95% CI 25%-30%) at Time 2 (ie, follow-up time point). The results supported the social capital–accrual hypothesis by showing that the approach coping style was inversely associated with Time 2 depression through its positive associations with both social networking and perceived family support. The results also supported the escape-from-self hypothesis by revealing that the avoidant coping style was positively associated with Time 2 depression through its positive associations with both gaming and cyberbullying victimization, but the serial mediation model was no longer significant after Time 1 depression and some demographic risk factors had been controlled for. Finally, the results supported the time-displacement hypothesis by showing that gaming was positively associated with Time 2 depression through its inverse associations with social networking and perceived family support. Conclusions During the extended stay-at-home period in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of probable depression during the 2-month study period was high among the UK and US residents. Individuals with distinct coping styles may engage in different types of online leisure activities and perceive varying levels of social support, which are associated with risks of probable depression.

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