Impact of Social Capital on the Psychological Well-Being of Adolescents

Ayano Yamaguchi

International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2013, vol. 5, issue 2, 100

Abstract: This study examines the impact of social capital and individual/family characteristics on the psychologicalwell-being of 12- to 17-year-old adolescents in the United States. The data were provided by the National Surveyof America’s Families (NSAF). In order to examine the abovementioned effects, social capital as well asindividual/family characteristics are included using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models. The findingsare important since empirical validation of the theoretical relationship between social capital andindividual/family characteristics, as well as the psychological well-being of adolescents, is not found in theliterature. The concept of social capital in the literature is only elaborated as having three distinct dimensions(bonding, bridging, and linking), which suggests that further research using measurement models should focuson these dimensions in order to explore whether a more precise relationship can be discovered.

Date: 2013
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