Impacts of Structural Social Capital and Cognitive Social Capital on the Psychological Status of Survivors of the Yaan Earthquake
Hung Wong (hwong@cuhk.edu.hk),
Yunong Huang (yunong.huang@flinders.edu.au),
Yao Fu (fuyao@hku.hk) and
Yin Zhang (zhangyin@hkbu.edu.hk)
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Hung Wong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yunong Huang: College of Education, Psychology & Social Work
Yao Fu: The University of Hong Kong
Yin Zhang: Hong Kong Baptist University
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2019, vol. 14, issue 5, No 15, 1433 pages
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Abstract The Yaan earthquake occurred in April 2013, which measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, caused 196 people died, 11,470 injured and USD 6.9 billion economic loss. The Yaan area were also severely affected by the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. This research examined the impacts of structural social capital (social association) and cognitive social capital on the psychological status (depression, life satisfaction) of survivors of the Yaan earthquake. Based on a survey of 495 respondents, structural equation models were constructed to test the mediation effects of cognitive social capital on the relationships between structural social capital, depression, and life satisfaction of respondents with disaster impact as a control variable. This study also examined the paths of impact of the three components of cognitive social capital (sense of community, trust, and social connectedness) on survivors’ psychological status. The findings indicated the following. 1) The disaster impact had negative effect on cognitive social capital (β = −.15, p
Keywords: Disaster impact; Structural social capital; Cognitive social capital; Sense of community; Trust; Social connectedness; Depression; Life satisfaction; Disaster survivors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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