Towards a Chinese Conception of Social Support

A Study on the Social Support Networks of Chinese Working Mothers in Beijing

Bibliographic Data

ID2589899
AuthorsYan Xia (0000-0002-4648-2012, corresponding author), Zhi Zhou (0000-0002-0547-506X), Zhiguang Zhou (0000-0002-2799-0724), Angelina W K Yuen-Tsang
Year1999
Volume61
Issue3
Pages815
Publication date1999-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/353585
OpenAlexW2065465101
LanguageEN
Citations received3

First published in 1997, this volume is an attempt to study the patterns of social support among Chinese working mothers in a Beijing neighbourhood with the aim of developing a beginning understanding of the Chinese conception of social support. The data indicates great variations in the support relationships experienced by the 27 Chinese working mothers interviewed on their social support and support relationships. Angelina W.K. Yuen-Tsang aims to understand the existing patterns of social support, to develop an initial understanding of the Chinese conception of social support through the grounded theory method and to explore the implications of the Chinese conception of social support on social work practice and social work intervention in the PRC. She argues that the introduction of formal social work interventions to supplement the informal networks is therefore envisaged to be a necessary and inevitable trend of development in the People’s Republic of China

Beijing · China · Economic growth · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Psychological intervention · Social support · Sociology · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work

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