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A Framework and Themes for Social Network Intervention
Author(s) -
Erickson Gerald D.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1984.00187.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , perspective (graphical) , organizational network analysis , complement (music) , social network (sociolinguistics) , phenomenon , computer science , social network analysis , network structure , psychology , sociology , data science , knowledge management , epistemology , distributed computing , artificial intelligence , world wide web , organizational learning , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , psychiatry , complementation , social media , gene , phenotype
This paper is concerned with the development and application of social network concepts in clinical practice. A framework of network levels and sets for ordering data and observations is proposed; the phenomenon of truncated networks is considered and two emphases in network intervention (gathering and connecting forms) are proposed to conceptualize network characteristics and practice that follows from such characteristics. A number of current examples of network practice are placed within the framework, and several advantages of utilizing a network perspective as a complement to existing models of family therapy are noted.