Measuring Social Capital Investment: Scale Development and Examination of Links to Social Capital and Perceived Stress

Xinguang Chen (), Peigang Wang (), Rhiana Wegner (), Jie Gong (), Xiaoyi Fang () and Linda Kaljee ()

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, vol. 120, issue 3, 669-687

Abstract: Individuals with greater social capital have better health outcomes. Investment in social capital likely increases one’s own social capital, bearing great implications for disease prevention and health promotion. In this study, the authors developed and validated the Social Capital Investment Inventory (SCII). Direct effects of social capital investment on perceived stress, and indirect effects through social capital were examined. 397 Participants from Beijing and Wuhan, China completed surveys. Analyses demonstrated that the SCII has a single factor structure and strong internal consistency. Structural equation modeling showed that individuals who invested more in social capital had greater bonding social capital, and subsequently less perceived stress. Results suggest that disease prevention and health promotion programs should consider approaches to encourage social capital investment; individuals may be able to reduce stress by increasing their investment in social capital. Future research is needed to provide additional empirical support for the SCII and observed structural relationships. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Social capital investment; Social capital; Perceived stress; Structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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