Social capital, socio-economic status and psychological distress among Australian adults

2006 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 2546-2561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philayrath Phongsavan ◽  
Tien Chey ◽  
Adrian Bauman ◽  
Robert Brooks ◽  
Derrick Silove
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status

scholarly journals Changes in socio-economic status and lipoproteins in Chilean adolescents: a 16-year longitudinal study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-353
Author(s):  
Zachary J Madewell ◽  
Estela Blanco ◽  
Raquel Burrows ◽  
Betsy Lozoff ◽  
Sheila Gahagan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Ldl Cholesterol ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Low Hdl ◽  
Environmental Capital

AbstractObjectiveThe present longitudinal study assessed whether changes in socio-economic status (SES) from infancy to adolescence were associated with plasma lipoprotein concentrations in adolescence, of which low HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and high LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), TAG and total cholesterol (TC) concentrations are associated with higher cardiovascular risk.DesignSES, assessed using the modified Graffar Index, was calculated at 1, 5, 10 and 16 years. Principal components factor analysis with varimax rotation extracted two orthogonal SES factors, termed ‘environmental capital’ and ‘social capital’. Generalized linear models were used to analyse associations between environmental and social capital at 1 and 16 years and outcomes (HDL-C, LDL-C, TAG, TC) at 16 years, as well as changes in environmental and social capital from 1–5, 5–10, 10–16 and 1–16 years, and outcomes at 16 years.SettingSantiago, Chile.ParticipantsWe evaluated 665 participants from the Santiago Longitudinal Study enrolled at infancy in Fe-deficiency anaemia studies and examined every 5 years to age 16 years.ResultsSocial capital in infancy was associated with higher HDL-C in adolescence. Environmental capital in adolescence was associated with higher LDL-C and TC during adolescence. Changing environmental capital from 1–16 years was associated with higher LDL-C. Changing environmental capital from 1–5 and 1–16 years was associated with higher TC.ConclusionsImprovements in environmental capital throughout childhood were associated with less healthy LDL-C and TC concentrations in adolescence. We found no evidence of associations between changing environmental capital and HDL-C or TAG, or changing social capital and HDL-C, LDL-C, TAG or TC.

scholarly journals Leadership in Acts through a social capital lens

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A. Nell
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
South African ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Missional Church ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
African Context ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
Distribution Of Income

Social capital can be defined in various ways. In most of these definitions at least three dimensions can be distinguished. First there is �bonding� (the horizontal relationships between people operating within different social networks and with specific norms and values). The second dimension is �bridging� (bonds that transcend differences in religion, ethnicity, culture and socio-economic status). This dimension prevents horizontal ties from becoming the basis for narrow and even sectarian interests. Normally, a third dimension called �linking� also forms part of social capital, and ideological aspects come into focus here. This dimension includes aspects such as justice, political power and the equitable distribution of income and property. When leadership in Acts is analysed through the lenses of these multi-focal spectacles, interesting perspectives are discovered that can enrich theories on leadership. These discoveries can also open up new perspectives on aspects of being a missional church in our South African context from within the context of Acts.�

scholarly journals The role of socio-economic status and neighborhood social capital on loneliness among older adults: evidence from the Sant Boi Aging Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 1237-1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Domènech-Abella ◽  
Jordi Mundó ◽  
Elvira Lara ◽  
Maria Victoria Moneta ◽  
Josep Maria Haro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Neighborhood Social Capital ◽  
Aging Study

Marital status transitions and psychological distress: longitudinal evidence from a national population sample

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. HOPE ◽  
B. RODGERS ◽  
C. POWER
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Men 2 ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
Marital Transitions ◽  
The Relationship

Background. Evidence is conflicting as to whether the association between marital status and psychological distress is due to selection (i.e. distress influences marital status) or causation (marital status influences distress). We investigate: (i) whether differences in psychological distress pre-date marital transitions; (ii) whether levels of distress change following transitions; and (iii) potential mediating and moderating factors.Methods. Data on psychological distress (indicated by the Malaise Inventory) and marital status at ages 23 and 33 were analysed for 4514 men and 4842 women from the 1958 birth cohort.Results. Higher levels of distress were found among the divorced and lower levels among the single and the married. Selection was seen in the lower initial mean symptoms of those who married (1·69 for men; 2·84 for women) compared to those remaining single (2·41 for men; 3·26 for women). Causation was indicated by the relative deterioration in distress of those who divorced compared to the continuously married (an increase of 0·31 and 0·03 respectively for men), especially in women (a decrease of 0·18 versus 0·71). This was most evident in women who were downwardly mobile and those with children. Recently separated men and women showed especially large increases in distress.Conclusions. The relationship between marital status and psychological distress involves selection and causation. Findings failed to support ideas of marriage being protective (through social support), or detrimental (through family roles). Divorce increased distress, with both acute and longer-term components moderated by secondary factors such as childcare and declining socio-economic status.

Oral Language Behavior of Older Cerebral Palsied Children

1964 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Love
Keyword(s):  
Oral Language ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Language Behavior ◽  
Hearing Acuity

A battery of six tests assessing various aspects of receptive and expressive oral language was administered to 27 cerebral palsied children and controls matched on the variables of age, intelligence, sex, race, hearing acuity, socio-economic status, and similarity of educational background. Results indicated only minimal differences between groups. Signs of deviancy in language behavior often attributed to the cerebral palsied were not observed. Although previous investigators have suggested consistent language disturbances in the cerebral palsied, evidence for a disorder of comprehension and formulation of oral symobls was not found.

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