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社会网络与城乡居民的身心健康

赵延东

  

  1. 中国科技促进发展研究院
  • 收稿日期:2008-01-01 修回日期:1900-01-01 出版日期:2008-09-20 发布日期:2008-09-20

Social Network and People's Wellbeing in Urban and Rural Areas

Zhao Yandong   

  • Received:2008-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-09-20 Published:2008-09-20

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摘要： 本文根据大型抽样社会调查的数据，集中讨论了个人的社会网络对其精神健康和身体健康的影响，以及这种影响在城乡居民之间的差异。研究结果发现，个人的社会网络规模对身心健康均起着积极作用：紧密度高、异质性低、强关系多的“核心网络”对精神健康有积极影响，而相反特征的松散网络则对身体健康更有利，个人在网络中的相对地位对精神健康起着积极作用。此外，社会网络对健康的作用在农村地区表现得更为明显。作者还进一步讨论了这些研究发现的理论与政策意义。

关键词: 社会网络, 网络结构, 网络地位, 精神健康, 身体健康

Abstract: Based on a largescale social survey， this paper discusses the impact of individuals' social networks on their mental and physical health as well as the differences in such impact on urban and rural residents. The network size was found to have a positive effect on both mental and physical health. The “core network，” characterized of higher density， lower heterogeneity， and more strong ties， affected mental health positively； whereas the opposite type of networks with lower density and weaker ties affected physical health positively. An individual's relative higher position in his/her network was related to better mental health. Finally， the impact of social networks on health was stronger in rural areas than in urban. The theoretical and policy implications of these findings are also discussed in the paper.

Key words: mental health, network status, network structure, physical health, social network