Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Social Structure

The complex of relationships and systems that organize and regulate interpersonal phenomena in a group or society. The social structure of a group includes its norms and roles and the status, attraction, and communication relations that link one member to another (see group structure). The social structure of a society includes the complex of relations among its constituent individuals, groups, institutions, customs, and mores. (https://dictionary.apa.org/social‐structure)

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The complex of relationships and systems that organize and regulate interpersonal phenomena in a group or society. The social structure of a group includes its norms and roles and the status, attraction, and communication relations that link one member to another (see group structure). The social structure of a society includes the complex of relations among its constituent individuals, groups, institutions, customs, and mores. (https://dictionary.apa.org/social‐structure)

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  • Social Systems
  • Social Structures
  • Social System
  • Structure, Social
  • System, Social

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for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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2022

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  1. I01w.880w.761w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Social Structure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000091485. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000091485
  2. Social Structure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_structure
  3. Social Structure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211606