Informal Social Support Networks and Subjective Well-Being among African Americans

By R. Taylor, L. Chatters, C. Hardison, Anna Riley. 2001

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• Can social relationships explain the race paradox in mental health (2013, background): “…Whites (Kiecolt et al., 2008; Roschelle, 1997; Sarkisian & Gerstel, 2004; Silverstein & Waite, 1993) tends to contradict earlier findings from Stack (1983) and the NSBA, which documented Blacks’ heavy involvement in informal support networks (Ellison, 1990; Taylor, 1986; Taylor et al., 1999, 2001).”
• Racial Discrimination and African American Adolescents’ Adjustment: Gender Variation in Family and Community Social Support, Promotive and Protective Factors (2012, unknown): “Community Social Support Scholars have long asserted that religion is a key feature of the African American cultural experience and an important mechanism for support in the lives of African Americans (Billingsley and Caldwell 1991; Taylor et al. 2001).”
• African American Resiliency: Examining Racial Socialization and Social Support as Protective Factors (2008, background): “…these factors (e.g., Bowman & Howard, 1985; Bynum, Burton, & Best, 2007; Dressler, 1985; Fischer & Shaw, 1999; Murray & Mandara, 2002; Neblett, Philip, Cogburn, & Sellers, 2006; Pipes-McAdoo, 1998; Scott, 2003; Stevenson, 1994; Stevenson et al., 2002; Taylor et al., 2001; Zimmerman et al., 2000).”
• Close Relationships and Happiness Among Emerging Adults (2010, background): “In another nationally representative sample (n [ 2,000), Taylor et al. (2001) gathered social support and network data from single, married and divorced African Americans via interviews.”