Social capital as a determinant of self-rated health and psychological well-being
| Autor: | Tuija Martelin, Erkki Alanen, Seppo Koskinen, Markku T. Hyyppä, Hillevi Aro, Tarja Nieminen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Health Status Personal Satisfaction medicine Humans Finland A determinant Self-rated health Aged Aged 80 and over Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Social Support Middle Aged Social mobility Social engagement Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Social Class Social system Psychological well-being Female Psychology Social psychology Social capital |
| Zdroj: | International journal of public health. 55(6) |
| ISSN: | 1661-8564 |
| Popis: | To examine whether specific dimensions of social capital are related to self-rated health and psychological well-being.Cross-sectional data from a health survey representing the adult Finnish population (N = 8,028) were used. Logistic regression analysis was used to reveal and quantify the possible associations between three dimensions of social capital (social support; social participation and networks; trust and reciprocity) and two general health indicators (self-rated health and psychological well-being). The roles of age, gender, education, living arrangements, income, type of region, functional capacity, and long-standing illness were also assessed.Good self-rated health was associated with high levels of social participation and networks and trust and reciprocity, but social support did not remain statistically significant after adjustment for socio-demographic factors, long-standing illness, and functional capacity. The association between social support and psychological well-being was explained by the other two dimensions of social capital. The strong positive association between trust and psychological well-being persisted after controlling for all the other factors in our model.Our findings suggest that trust and reciprocity and social participation and networks contribute to good self-rated health and psychological well-being. |
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