A Mixed-Method Social Network Analysis of Low-Income Diverse Older Volunteers

被引:3
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作者
Cao, Qiuchang [1 ,2 ]
Dabelko-Schoeny, Holly [3 ]
Warren, Keith [3 ]
Lee, Mo Yee [3 ]
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Pepper Inst Aging & Publ Policy, 636 W Call St, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[2] Florida State Univ, Claude Pepper Ctr, 636 W Call St, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
[3] Ohio State Univ, Coll Social Work, Columbus, OH USA
关键词
diverse older adults; organized volunteering; social network;
D O I
10.1177/07334648231193292
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Although volunteering has been associated with numerous social benefits for diverse older adults, there is little information on how they establish relationships within a multicultural volunteering program outside of their co-ethnic communities. This convergent mixed-method social network study adopts the bonding and bridging social capital theory to explore the structures and dynamics of social interactions within a multicultural volunteer program. Low-income Russian, Khmer, Somali, Nepali, and English-speaking older volunteers in the Senior Companions Program (SCP) in a Midwest metropolitan (N = 83) participated in the surveys and focus groups. Homophily coefficients (r) show that the SCP volunteers mostly interacted with people who identified with the same nationality (r = .86), race (r = .87), and gender (r = .50). Qualitative results suggested that volunteers strengthened their social networks through within-cultural social bonding while appreciating opportunities for cross-cultural social bridging. Compared with within-cultural social bonding, cross-cultural social bridging in multicultural volunteer programs require intentional facilitation, resources, and organizational commitment.
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页码:2335 / 2347
页数:13
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