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The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially induced worries and affected individual mental health and subjective well-being. Nonetheless, a high level of social capital could potentially protect individuals who suffer from mental health problems and thus promote their subjective well-being, especially u...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34580570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02316-z |
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author | Chan, Siu-Ming Chung, Gary Ka-Ki Chan, Yat-Hang Woo, Jean Yeoh, Eng Kiong Chung, Roger Yat-Nork Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Marmot, Michael Lee, Richard Wai-Tong Wong, Hung |
author_facet | Chan, Siu-Ming Chung, Gary Ka-Ki Chan, Yat-Hang Woo, Jean Yeoh, Eng Kiong Chung, Roger Yat-Nork Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Marmot, Michael Lee, Richard Wai-Tong Wong, Hung |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially induced worries and affected individual mental health and subjective well-being. Nonetheless, a high level of social capital could potentially protect individuals who suffer from mental health problems and thus promote their subjective well-being, especially under the social distancing policies during the pandemic. To this end, based on a random sample of 1053 Hong Kong adults, structural equation modeling was applied to study the path relationships between the worries of COVID-19, social capital, mental health problems, and subjective well-being. The study found that worries during the pandemic were associated with mental health and subjective well-being, through social capital as a mediator. Moreover, social capital exhibited a stronger influence on mental health and subjective well-being in the economically inactive group than in the economically active group. This study highlights the important role of social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Hong Kong’s COVID-19 response has primarily focused on disease prevention, it must be noted that social services and mutual-help activities are also crucial for people to withstand the crisis. |
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spelling | pubmed-84591352021-09-23 The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic Chan, Siu-Ming Chung, Gary Ka-Ki Chan, Yat-Hang Woo, Jean Yeoh, Eng Kiong Chung, Roger Yat-Nork Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Marmot, Michael Lee, Richard Wai-Tong Wong, Hung Curr Psychol Article The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially induced worries and affected individual mental health and subjective well-being. Nonetheless, a high level of social capital could potentially protect individuals who suffer from mental health problems and thus promote their subjective well-being, especially under the social distancing policies during the pandemic. To this end, based on a random sample of 1053 Hong Kong adults, structural equation modeling was applied to study the path relationships between the worries of COVID-19, social capital, mental health problems, and subjective well-being. The study found that worries during the pandemic were associated with mental health and subjective well-being, through social capital as a mediator. Moreover, social capital exhibited a stronger influence on mental health and subjective well-being in the economically inactive group than in the economically active group. This study highlights the important role of social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Hong Kong’s COVID-19 response has primarily focused on disease prevention, it must be noted that social services and mutual-help activities are also crucial for people to withstand the crisis. Springer US 2021-09-23 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC8459135/ /pubmed/34580570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02316-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Chan, Siu-Ming Chung, Gary Ka-Ki Chan, Yat-Hang Woo, Jean Yeoh, Eng Kiong Chung, Roger Yat-Nork Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Marmot, Michael Lee, Richard Wai-Tong Wong, Hung The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | The mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | mediating role of individual-level social capital among worries, mental health and subjective well-being among adults in hong kong during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459135/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34580570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02316-z |
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