Family and Social Capital: European Contributions

Donati, Pierpaolo; Prandini, Riccardo

doi:10.1080/03906700701356770

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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“…The extended network of relatives in these cultures can provide different kinds of social support that certainly ought to be construed as a part of family social capital. In fact, authors like Donati (2007), Prandini (2007), Ravanera and Rajulton (2010) or Widmer et al (2008), make the point and provide examples which show that the way in which family was defined in terms of structure had a great influence on the level of social capital. Besides, with the increase of divorce and remarriage and the high predominance of single parent families, it is increasingly difficult to set the boundaries of families (Buehler and Pasley 2000).…”

Section: Psychological Distressmentioning

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Family social capital and health – a systematic review and redirection

Álvarez

Kawachi

Romaní

2016

Sociology Health & Illness

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The level (or scale) at which social capital can be conceptualised and measured ranges potentially from the macro-level (regional or country level), to the meso-level (neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools), down to the individual level. However, one glaring gap in the conceptualisation of social capital within the empirical literature has been the level of the family. Our aim in this review is to examine the family as the 'missing level' in studies on social capital and health. To do so, we conducted a systematic review on the use and measurement of this notion in the health literature, with the final intention of articulating a direction for future research in the field. Our findings are consistent with the notion that family social capital is multidimensional and that its components have distinct effects on health outcomes. Further investigation is needed to understand the mechanisms through which family social capital is related to health, as well as determining the most valid ways to measure family social capital.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Psychological Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Family social capital and health – a systematic review and redirection

Álvarez

Kawachi

Romaní

2016

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Questions 1 to 5 (network composition) were established as informative: while they provide valuable information regarding the composition of the family network of the respondent, there is not enough theoretical foundation for applying any consistent scoring – it would entail determining that one family size is better than other, and such kind of assertation is not sustained by the current evidence (Donati & Prandini, 2007; Riera, 2011).…”

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“…Moreover, the extended network of relatives can provide different kinds of resources that certainly should be considered as a part of family social capital. In fact, authors like Widmer, Kempf-Constantin, Robert-Tissot, Lanzi, and Carminati (2008), Donati & Prandini, 2007, Prandini (2007) or Ravanera and Rajulton (2010) make the point and provide examples showing that the definition of family had a great influence on the assessed level of social capital. In this way, they describe family as a veritable social subjectivity , whose composition and level of interconnectedness condition the type and amount of social capital available to the individuals inside the family system.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure family social capital

Álvarez

Villalonga-Olives

Romaní

et al. 2019

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The development and psychometric validation of instruments to measure social capital remains a priority in the field. The aim of the current study was to develop a Questionnaire on Family Social Capital (FSCQ) for use in an adolescent population and to test its reliability and validity. We followed an exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach consisting of four steps: (1)item selection based on a conceptual model; (2)expert judgment of the conceptual model; (3)cognitive validation through focus groups; (4)psychometric validation, through principal components analysis (PCA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess construct validity, using Cronbach alpha and ICC to test reliability, and testing rural-urban differences to evaluate discriminant validity. A total of 429 3r and 4th ESO students participated in the study. The resulting 26-item FSCQ demonstrated a second-order model with two dimensions and seven first-order factors. The model showed good internal consistency and reliability, as indicated by the Chi-squared value(χ = 155.834; p = 0.91) and CFI(0.936). Discriminant validity tests showed significantly higher scores for the structural FSC and the total FSC scores for the rural group. We conclude that the instrument is an adequate tool to study family social capital in adolescents.

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“…Family capital, which encompasses family relationships within a communal network, is rarely included in sociological studies, since it is viewed as private (Donati and Prandini, 2007a). Family capital is often thought of as potentially negative as they transmit inequalities from one generation to another (Donati and Prandini, 2007b). This assumes that all family members remain in poverty and none become bridges for other members.…”

Section: Bonding and Bridging Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%