Bonding personal social capital as an ingredient for positive aging and mental well-being. A study among a sample of Dutch elderly

Purpose: Although there is evidence of associations between social media (SM) use and mental well-being among the general population, these associations among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons are poorly understood. This study compared the influence of SM experiences on mental well-being between LGB and non-LGB persons. Design and Setting: Online cross-sectional survey. Participants: National sample of 2408 US adults aged 18 to 30 years. Method: We asked participants to provide examples of when SM affected their well-being separately in good and bad ways. We coded, summed, and used rate ratios (RRs) to compare responses of LGB and non-LGB individuals. Thematically similar codes were described and grouped into categories. Results: Most responses described positive SM effects. However, of 6 codes that were significantly more frequent among LGB respondents, only social capital (RR = 1.58, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17-2.12) described a positive effect. Five codes described negative effects of SM for LGB users: negative emotional contagion (RR = 1.28, 95% CI, 1.04-1.58), comparison with others (RR = 1.28, 95% CI, 1.01-1.62), real-life repercussions (RR = 1.86, 95% CI, 1.18-2.94), envy (RR = 2.49, 95% CI, 1.48-4.19), and need for profile management (RR = 2.32, 95% CI, 1.07-5.03). Conclusion: These findings suggest that, for LGB persons, gaining social capital from SM is valuable for establishing and maintaining connections. Increased negative SM experiences may pose a risk for the mental well-being of LGB individuals.

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Social Capital, Mental Well-Being, and Loneliness in Older People

International Perspectives on Aging - Health and Cognition in Old Age ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-06650-9_18 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 277-290

Author(s):

Fredrica Nyqvist ◽

Mima Cattan

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Older People ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Well Being

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Not belonging where others do: a cross-sectional analysis of multi-level social capital interactions on health and mental well-being in Wales

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health ◽

10.1136/jech-2020-215188 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. jech-2020-215188

Author(s):

Christopher W N Saville

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Spatial Scale ◽

Positive Association ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Social Good ◽

Individual Level ◽

Fine Grained ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

The Relationship

BackgroundSocial capital may be a social good in health terms, but it is not necessarily a universal good. Several studies have shown that while there is a positive association between ecological social capital and health in people with high individual-level social capital, this relationship is weaker or even reversed in those with low individual-level social capital. Such studies, however, have used relatively coarse levels of geography for quantifying ecological social capital. The present study looks at this relationship at a more fine-grained spatial scale.MethodsData from the National Survey for Wales (n=27 828, weighted mean age=48.4) were linked to previously published small-area estimates (n=410) of ecological social capital for Wales. Mixed effects models were then used to assess whether the relationship between mental well-being and self-reported health on one hand, and ecological social capital (sense of belonging) on the other, was moderated by individual-level social capital.ResultsThe models found the same moderation of the relationship that has been demonstrated previously: Although ecological social capital is positively associated with health in respondents with high individual-level social capital, the relationship is negative in those with low individual-level social capital.ConclusionThis study replicates this association at a spatial scale orders of magnitude more fine-grained than had been shown previously. Ecological social capital is not an unambiguously positive factor for public health, and may be a risk factor for marginalised people.

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Social Media as Social Capital of LGB Individuals in Hong Kong: Its Relations with Group Membership, Stigma, and Mental Well-Being

American Journal of Community Psychology ◽

10.1007/s10464-014-9699-2 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 55 (1-2) ◽

pp. 228-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Eddie S. K. Chong ◽

Yin Zhang ◽

Winnie W. S. Mak ◽

Ingrid H. Y. Pang

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Media ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Group Membership ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Well Being

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Social Capital and Subjective Quality of Life

Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration - Healthcare Administration for Patient Safety and Engagement ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3946-9.ch009 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 174-185

Author(s):

Monika Mularska-Kucharek

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Capital ◽

Social Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Subjective Quality Of Life ◽

The Individual ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

The Relationship

This chapter describes how in recent decades, the concepts of social capital and quality of life have attracted the interest of both theoreticians and creators of social life. Both on the micro-, meso- and macrosocial levels, social capital has been viewed as one of the key elements of human well-being. Its positive influence on social well-being has been underlined by academics, practitioners of social life. In this chapter, the authors evaluate the relationship between social capital and the mental well-being of individuals. Through empirical analysis, the results of a representative research conducted among residents of one of the biggest Polish cities were examined. This concludes that social capital and social interaction are essential to the health of the individual.

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Trust and Well–Being in the African American Neighborhood

City and Community ◽

10.1111/j.1540-6040.2007.00232.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 367-387 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Carey Leigh Usher

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

African American ◽

Well Being ◽

Important Predictor ◽

Economic Segregation ◽

Critical Resource ◽

Using Data ◽

Southern City ◽

The Impact ◽

Mental Well Being

Trust is a key component in the creation and maintenance of social capital, which has been linked to neighborhood capacity to respond to environmental challenges as well as physical and mental well–being of individuals. This article investigates the significance of this component of social capital for the health and well–being of African American residents of various types of neighborhoods. Using data collected from a sample of residents of neighborhoods characterized by differing levels of racial and economic segregation in a midsized southern city ( N= 310), a psychosocial resources model of distress is employed to explore the role of trust as a critical resource mediating the impact of stress in the form of racial and economic segregation on residents’ well–being. Results show that minority saturation is a more important predictor of well–being than economic segregation, and that, though no mediating influence is found, generalized trust is an important predictor of well–being.

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