Social Network Mapping
Social network mapping is a structured way to assess a client's personal social network by listing the people in it, organizing them by life domain, and rating each relationship for the kind and direction of support it provides, its closeness, and how often and how long contact occurs. Developed for social-work practice by Elizabeth Tracy and James Whittaker as the Social Network Map and accompanying grid, it turns the often-vague question of who is in a client's life and what they offer into a visual and tabular assessment that guides support-focused intervention.
Source record
Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.
- Tracy, E. M., & Whittaker, J. K. (1990). The Social Network Map: Assessing social support in clinical practice. Families in Society, 71(8), 461–470. · DOI 10.1177/104438949007100802
- Tracy, E. M., & Abell, N. (1994). Social network map: Some further refinements on administration. Social Work Research, 18(1), 56–60. · DOI 10.1093/swr/18.1.56
Curated claims
Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.
This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.
Related methods
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