scholarly journals Social Capital and Self-Rated Health: Empirical Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 9108
Author(s):  
Jiafeng Gu ◽  
Ruiyu Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Relationship

This study assesses the relationship between social capital and self-reported health (SRH) by comparing different genders and ages. It utilizes data from the 2016 China Family Panel Study data with a sample of 30,657 adult individuals from 25 provincial-level administrative regions in China. This was a cross-sectional study conducted with computer-assisted face-to-face interviews to assess social capital and self-rated health among Chinese adults. A multi-level Poisson regression model is employed to model social capital-related dependent variables using the independent variable of fair/poor health status. In terms of social relations, mobile phone use can improve men’s health. However, this effect is insignificant for women. Moreover, gender and age interact with the relationship between social capital and individual health. The relationship between trust and self-rated health is not significantly different between men and women. The frequency of feeling lonely and the lack of feelings for the community in which they live have a negative impact on self-rated health, but there are no obvious differences in terms of gender. The number of meals per week with family members is negatively correlated with men’s SRH, but there is no correlation with adult women 41 and above. Lack of help from neighbors is negatively correlated with men’s health, but not with that of adult women 40 and below. Being a member of the Chinese Communist Party or a member of the Chinese Communist Youth League is positively correlated with SRH for women 60 and above.

scholarly journals Masculine/Instrumental and Feminine/Expressive Traits and Health, Well-Being, and Psychological Distress in Spanish Men

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798831983274 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pilar Matud
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

Many studies have explored the relationship between masculine norms and men’s health outcomes. There are few recent studies published on the relationship between masculine/instrumental and feminine/expressive traits and men’s health and well-being. The current cross-sectional study examines whether masculine/instrumental and feminine/expressive traits are associated to men’s health and well-being. Participants were 1,870 Spanish men, aged 21 to 64 years. Results from hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that the masculine/instrumental trait and the feminine/expressive trait were positively related to men’s psychological well-being and self-rated health, so that men whose self-concept includes both masculine/instrumental and feminine/expressive characteristics presented greater psychological well-being and better self-rated health. The feminine/expressive trait was associated with lower psychological distress yet only in case of men with low social support. Self-esteem and social support were important predictors of men’s health, in such a way that men who had high self-esteem and social support reported higher ratings of psychological well-being, better self-rated health, and less psychological distress. The implications of these findings for promoting men’s health and well-being are discussed.

scholarly journals INTERACTIONS OF OPTIMISM WITH SOCIAL RELATIONS FOR WOMEN'S WELL-BEING

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S212-S212
Author(s):  
Aurora M Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Social Strain ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Variance Explained

Abstract The impact of personality on the relationship between social relations and well-being has been understudied. We assessed optimism, social support, and social strain in association with self-esteem, depressive symptoms and life satisfaction for a sample of 247 women (Mean age = 57.56, range 45-89 years) from three race groups (42% Native American, 34% African American, 24% European American). PROCESS models revealed significant interactions between optimism and support suggesting that high support buffers the risk of low optimism for all three dependent variables, and two interactions of optimism with social strain, showing that low optimism exacerbated the negative impact of high strain for CES-D and self-esteem scores. The full models accounted for 30-50% of the variance explained in each outcome. We discuss important resources for resilience shown by the women in the sample.

scholarly journals Impacts of a Documentary about Masculinity and Men’s Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1604-1614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie King ◽  
Marisa Schlichthorst ◽  
Lennart Reifels ◽  
Louise Keogh ◽  
Matthew J. Spittal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Public Health Interventions ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
The Relationship

As part of a larger study, we developed a three-part documentary called Man Up that explored the relationship between masculinity, mental health, and suicide. In this study, we examine in detail the qualitative feedback provided by those who viewed Man Up, in order to gain a more in-depth understanding of its impact on them. A total of 169 participants provided qualitative feedback via an online survey 4 weeks after viewing Man Up. We examined their opinions about the show and whether they reported any changes in their attitudes and/or behaviors as a result of watching it. All the men who provided feedback on Man Up were overwhelmingly positive about it. The majority reported significant and profound impacts of viewing the documentary. They reported being more aware of others, more willing to help others, and more open about their emotions and problems, as well as demonstrating associated behavioral changes related to helping others and being more emotionally expressive. The data presented here demonstrate the potential for men’s health outcomes to be positively impacted by novel, media-based public health interventions.

scholarly journals SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HEALTH AT OLDER AGES IN GHANA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S747-S747
Author(s):  
Kojo Paul Ayernor
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Ageing

Abstract Significant increases in life expectancy and declining fertility confirms that population ageing is fast becoming a reality in several West African nations, and the demographic transition is expected to continue well into this century. This study examines the association between social capital, self-rated health, and depression among older adults aged 50 years and over in Ghana. It draws on a small scale, yet nationally representative longitudinal data from the Global Ageing Study (SAGE-WHO, 2003-2007). Social capital is conceptualized through four dimensions: personal control, generalized trust, safety in the community and free expression. Although there were not significant findings on social capital and depression, results demonstrated significant associations between social capital and self-rated health. The relationship between social capital and self-rated health suggests the need to extend and expand upon research regarding the relationship between social capital, health, and well-being in later life in aging African communities.

scholarly journals Access to Medical Technologies: Do Gender and Social Capital matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Mickaël Géraudel ◽  
Katherine Gundolf** ◽  
Beate Cesinger ◽  
Christina Constantinidis
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Private Practitioners ◽  
Medical Technologies ◽  
Social Network Ties ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Better Than

We explore the relationship between the characteristics of social capital, the speed of access to medical technologies and the role of gender in a private practice context. Our findings from a sample of 98 German private practitioners show that: (a) being a woman has an overall negative impact on the speed of access to medical technologies; (b) private practitioners with strong social network ties obtain quicker access to medical technologies than do those with weak ties; (c) men relying on their weak ties perform better than women who do so. In contrast, we observe that women relying on strong ties outperform their male counterparts in terms of speed of access to medical technologies.

scholarly journals The relationship between social capital and self-rated health: a multilevel analysis based on a poverty alleviation program in the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalee Hung ◽  
Lincoln Leehang Lau
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Multilevel Modelling ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Poor health is both a cause and consequence of poverty, and there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that social capital is an important factor for improving health in resource-poor settings. International Care Ministries (ICM) is a non-governmental organization in the Philippines that provides a poverty alleviation program called Transform. A core aim of the program is to foster social connectedness and to create a network of support within each community, primarily through consistent community-led small group discussions. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between social capital and self-rated health and how ICM’s Transform program may have facilitated changes in those relationships. Methods Three types of social capital were explored: bonding-structural, bridging-structural and cognitive. Using cross-sectional data collected before and after Transform, multilevel modelling was used to examine their effects on self-rated health between the two time points. Results The analyses showed that while social capital had minimal effects on self-rated health before Transform, a series of associations were identified after the program. Evidence of interdependence between the different types of social capital was also observed: bonding social capital only had a beneficial effect on self-rated health in the presence of bridging social capital, but we found that there was a 17 percentage point increase in self-rated health when individuals possessed all possible bridging and bonding relationships. At the same time, our estimates showed that maximising all forms of social capital is not necessarily constructive, as the positive effect of cognitive social capital on self-rated health was weaker at higher levels of bridging social capital. Conclusions The results from this study has shown that building social capital can influence the way people perceive their own health, which can be facilitated by intervention programs which seek to create bonding and bridging relationships. Transform’s intentional design to learn in community could be relevant to program planners as they develop and evaluate community-based programs, making adaptations as necessary to achieve organisation-specific goals while acknowledging the potential for varied effects when applied in different contexts or circumstances.

Collective resources for individual recovery: The moderating role of social climate on the relationship between job stressors and work-related rumination – A multilevel approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 239700222110023
Author(s):  
Roman Pauli ◽  
Jessica Lang
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, we link cognitive processes of recovery to the social context in which employees experience job stressors. The aim was to examine how the social context in which employees experience work stressors is associated with individuals’ work-related thoughts in nonwork time and thus may prolong work-related mental efforts beyond working hours. We used aggregated individual ratings on social relations with colleagues and supervisors as a primer for social climate within workgroups, calculated the rate of permanent employment contracts per workgroup as a proxy for the stability of social relations within workgroups and used organizational affiliations to specify job settings in terms of routine versus creative tasks. Drawing on cross-sectional data from a psychosocial risk assessment and occupational health promotion survey of N = 1836 employees in 118 workgroups with different occupations at a German university, we tested multilevel random-coefficient models for affective rumination and problem-solving pondering. Results indicated a negative association of collegial climate with affective rumination but no association with problem-solving pondering. Supervisory climate was unrelated to both types of ruminative thinking. The stability of social relations within workgroups was negatively associated with affective rumination as well as with problem-solving pondering, whereas the job setting was only associated with problem-solving pondering. A cross-level interaction indicated a positive moderation effect of collegial climate on the relationship between job stressors and affective rumination. The findings indicate that a positive collegial climate can buffer the negative impact of low to average levels of job stressors on work-related thoughts and lead to the conclusion that the social context in which job stressors are experienced may alter individuals’ ability to mentally unwind from work.

scholarly journals Hypothesis on the Axiological Basis of the Institutionalization of Public Relations

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Andrey Atanov ◽  
Vasilii Rudyakov
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Institutional Relations ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

The problem of building institutional relations is relevant in the most diverse spheres of life. It can be specific interpersonal social relations, and economic relations (production, exchange, distribution, consumption, property), and political, etc. In the institutional theory itself, a special role is given to the system of establishing and maintaining relations. For example, in a variety of theoretical models of social capital, one of its main elements was the links through which access (or the cost of such access) to very limited and valuable resources could be achieved. Such access, as indeed the linkages themselves, is not possible without more or less functional institutions that create stable relationships among the actors. The relationship itself can then be objectified in the form of reputation and/or image through such categories as trust, rules and regulations. If we describe the model to which we refer in this article within the framework of Marxism, we can see here the convergence of the concepts related to the basis and superstructure, with the superstructures taking a higher place in the hierarchy and not subject to the basis.

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