Open AccessAssociations Between Social Network Characteristics and Loneliness During Pregnancy in a Sample of Predominantly African American, Largely Publicly-Insured Women
Author(s) -
Qihan Yu,
Sara Mazzoni,
Marie Lauzon,
Alena Borgatti,
Nenette A. Cáceres,
Sydney Miller,
Gareth R. Dutton,
SarahJeanne Salvy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
maternal and child health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1573-6628
pISSN - 1092-7875
DOI - 10.1007/s10995-020-03009-y
Subject(s) - loneliness , social network (sociolinguistics) , medicine , social support , ethnic group , public health , demography , pregnancy , feeling , gerontology , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , social media , nursing , biology , genetics , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
Most research evaluating relationships between social network attributes and loneliness have focused on older adult and adolescent networks. The present study examines the relationships between social network size (number of relationships), social network density (whether named relationships are connected to one another) and maternal loneliness during pregnancy.