COVID-19 and Social Capital Loss: The Results of a Campus Outbreak

Gregory Fulkerson (), Alexander Thomas, Jing-Mao Ho, James Zians, Elizabeth Seale, Michael McCarthy and Sallie Han
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Gregory Fulkerson: SUNY Oneonta
Alexander Thomas: SUNY Oneonta
Jing-Mao Ho: Utica University
James Zians: SUNY Oneonta
Elizabeth Seale: SUNY Oneonta
Michael McCarthy: Utica University
Sallie Han: SUNY Oneonta

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2023, vol. 165, issue 3, No 6, 867-878

Abstract: Abstract This study examines the effects of a COVID-19 outbreak on levels of social capital on a college campus, drawing on survey data collected from students at two colleges—one that experienced an outbreak and one that did not. Social capital is examined as an individual level resource and as a campus level normative tool used to fight collective action problems. We test the hypothesis that the outbreak, as a “shock” to the campus, diminished social capital. We also test hypotheses on gender, race, and ethnicity and social capital, informed by prior research. Our findings suggest that the outbreak did reduce social capital at both the individual and campus levels, though individual social capital had a mitigating effect that increased campus social capital. We find also that gender was significantly linked to campus social capital, while race was predictive of individual level social capital.

Keywords: Covid-19; social capital; community shock; college campus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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