Social Capital and Psychological Distress

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Journal of Health and Social Behavior http://hsb.sagepub.com/ Lijun Song Journal of Health and Social Behavior published online 21 October 2011 DOI: 10.1177/0022146511411921 The online version of this article can be found at: http://hsb.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/10/18/0022146511411921 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Social Capital and Psychological Distress On behalf of: American Sociological Association Additional services and information for Journal of Health and Social Behavior can be found at: Email Alerts: http://hsb.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://hsb.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav >> Proof - Oct 21, 2011 What is This? Downloaded from hsb.sagepub.com at UNIV OF WISCONSIN MADISON on November 8, 2011 411921 1SongJournal of Health and Social Behavior HSBXXX10.1177/002214651141192 Social Capital and Psychological Distress Lijun Song1 Journal of Health and Social Behavior XX(X) 1–15 © American Sociological Association 2011 DOI: 10.1177/0022146511411921 http://jhsb.sagepub.com Abstract The author proposes a conceptual model to explain the diverse roles of social capital—resources embedded in social networks—in the social production of health. Using a unique national U.S. sample, the author estimated a path analysis model to examine the direct and indirect effects of social capital on psychological distress and its intervening effects on the relationships between other structural antecedents and psychological distress. The results show that social capital is inversely associated with psychological distress, and part of that effect is indirect through subjective social status. Social capital also acts as an intervening mechanism to link seven social factors (age, gender, race-ethnicity,
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