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Family, friends and personal communities: changing models-in-the-mind

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  • Spencer, Liz
  • Pahl, Ray

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‘Models-in-the-minds’ about the ‘proper’ and ‘right’ way to be a ‘true’ friend or to ‘do’ family behaviour may not necessarily fit lived experience, especially in cases where relationships become fused and distinctions between ‘family’ and ‘friend’ become blurred. We suggest the idea of a personal community - the micro-social world of significant others for any given individual - as a practical schema for capturing the set of relationships in which people are actually embedded.

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  • Spencer, Liz & Pahl, Ray, 2010. "Family, friends and personal communities: changing models-in-the-mind," ISER Working Paper Series 2010-01, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2010-01
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    1. Judith A. Seltzer, 2019. "Family Change and Changing Family Demography," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(2), pages 405-426, April.
    2. Sonya Sharma, 2012. "‘The Church is … My Family’: Exploring the Interrelationship between Familial and Religious Practices and Spaces," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(4), pages 816-831, April.
    3. Humbracht, Michael & Cohen, Scott & Williams, Allan M., 2022. "Aspirational intimacy in visiting friends and relatives," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).

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