The effects of neighborhood social ties and networks on mental health and well-being: A qualitative case study of women residents in a middle-class Korean urban neighborhood

Gu, Naeun

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113336

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“…A similar study also found that frequent social participation was related to higher positive affect but also to more risky alcohol consumption (Pavlova et al, 2014). According to a recent qualitative study, community social ties both positively and negatively affect one's mental health and well-being (Gu, 2020). Along with the above studies, the current study shows the complexity of the link between OP and life satisfaction.…”

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Organizational participation in community and life satisfaction of retirees: The mediating roles of positive and negative affect and moderating role of family relation

Chen

Zhang

2021

PsyCh Journal

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This study examined the association between participation in community organizations and life satisfaction, and relevant mediating and moderating mechanisms among retirees. Positive and negative affect were considered as mediating variables, and family relation as a moderating variable. A total of 1132 community-dwelling retirees aged 50 years or more were investigated. A self-developed questionnaire with five items measured the level of organizational participation (OP) based on residential community. The Satisfaction with Life scale (SWLS), the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), and Family Cohesion sub-scale of Family Environment Scale (FES) were used to assess life satisfaction, positive and negative affect, and family relation, respectively. Mplus was used to conduct mediating and moderating analyses after controlling for six demographic and socioeconomic factors. First, the results indicated that OP was positively associated with life satisfaction. Second, positive and negative affect partly mediated the relationship between OP and life satisfaction. Third, family relation negatively moderated the relationship between OP and life satisfaction; that is, compared with those retirees with good family relation, the beneficial role of OP in enhancing one's satisfaction was more significant for those retirees with poor family relation; furthermore, family relation also moderated the links of OP-negative affect. These findings suggested that OP related to life satisfaction of retirees through mediating roles of positive and negative affect, and family relation partly moderated the above direct and indirect processes. In a word, OP based on residential community had a positive role in buffering adverse influence of poor family relation.

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Organizational participation in community and life satisfaction of retirees: The mediating roles of positive and negative affect and moderating role of family relation

Chen

Zhang

2021

PsyCh Journal

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“…Social capital may be the resources mobilized by individuals or collectives to realize their interests [ 15 , 16 ]. Social capital can be also viewed as the features of family, peers, the community, school, and work [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. According to the functional perspective, social capital is divided into outreach and cohesion [ 21 ].…”

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The Impact of Social Capital on Mental Health: Evidence from the China Family Panel Survey

Dai

2021

IJERPH

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The influence of social capital on mental health is a controversial topic. As some studies have pointed out, cognitive social capital significantly affects mental health but structural social capital does not. Using data from the China Family Panel Survey, this study measured social capital from social help, social trust, social networks, and social participation as the instrumental variables (regional average level of social capital), and applied a two-stage least squares regression. We found that the mental health of residents who trust and help each other is significantly higher than that of residents without trust and mutual help. When residents’ efforts to maintain social networks increase, their mental health significantly improves. These results are robust. Furthermore, the impact of social capital on mental health was heterogeneous in terms of urbanicity, gender, age, and area. These results are helpful for making policies for promoting residents’ mental health.

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“…Nevertheless, the role of social support provided by other mothers is found to be more ambivalent. Although becoming a mother increases one's interest in relating to other local mothers (Wrzus et al, 2013), qualitative studies have revealed diverse lived experiences, suggesting that social connectedness with other mothers includes elements that are both beneficial and detrimental for mothers' wellbeing (Gu, 2020; Seppälä et al, 2021; Strange et al, 2014a). Therefore, it is important to understand how mothers' social connections with other mothers can form a source of social support and wellbeing.…”

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Intragroup contact with other mothers living in the same neighborhood benefits mothers' life satisfaction: The mediating role of group identification and social support

Seppälä

Riikonen

Stevenson

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Journal Community Psychology

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The effects of neighborhood social ties and networks on mental health and well-being: A qualitative case study of women residents in a middle-class Korean urban neighborhood

Cited by 17 publications

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Organizational participation in community and life satisfaction of retirees: The mediating roles of positive and negative affect and moderating role of family relation

Organizational participation in community and life satisfaction of retirees: The mediating roles of positive and negative affect and moderating role of family relation

The Impact of Social Capital on Mental Health: Evidence from the China Family Panel Survey

Intragroup contact with other mothers living in the same neighborhood benefits mothers' life satisfaction: The mediating role of group identification and social support

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