Social support network
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
self help organization, social service
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Related Terms
human ecology, isolation /deprivation, social facilitation
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Scope Note
persons, groups, organizations, or institutions which provide aid to individuals in need; may have a positive or negative outcome or influence.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- A social support network is a group of people who you can count on to support you.
- Maintaining a healthy social support network is hard work and something that requires ongoing effort over time.
- This paper argues that information about one's social support network is also important to the puzzle of why people's use of the Internet differs.
- Thus their social support network is primarily restricted to their own home.
- A positive social support network is typically the outgrowth of a healthy organization, one with trust, integrity, open and honest communication, and efficiency.
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