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Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research 3/2021

04.06.2021 | Original Research

Subjective Poverty, Material Deprivation Indices and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital and Usage of Online Social Networks

verfasst von: Netta Achdut, Tehila Refaeli, Talia Meital Schwartz Tayri

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2021

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Abstract

The mechanisms underlying the SES-psychological distress association are not fully explored. Based on representative cross-sectional data from Israel for the year 2017 (N = 1508), we examine (1) the association between subjective poverty, material deprivation, social capital, and psychological distress among young adults (20–29 years); and (2) whether social capital mediates the subjective poverty/material deprivation-psychological distress association. Informal social capital includes connections with family and friends, perceived support, and perceived trust, whereas formal social capital includes volunteering and civic and political involvement. An additional aspect was online social network usage. We constructed a structural equation model to explore paths of relationships between subjective poverty, material deprivation, social capital, and psychological distress. Subjective poverty and material deprivation were strong predictors of psychological distress. Informal social capital buffered the negative effect of subjective poverty and material deprivations on psychological distress, whereas use of online social networks increased it. The use of online social networks, however, promoted informal social capital, which, in turn, was a protective factor against psychological distress. Further investigation is needed on which patterns and platforms of online social networks harm and which promote young adults’ psychological wellbeing. Informal social capital should be a prominent aspect of both preventive medicine practice and health promotion initiatives among young adults. Policy-makers are called on to support this important means of promoting public health. However, to substantially narrow disparities in psychological distress among young adults, direct action should be taken to reduce poverty and material deprivation.

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Cluster analysis (two-step) indicated that grouping these measures should consider first the frequency and then the proximity of the experience of poverty. Estimating our model with an alternative measure, which gave primacy to the timing of poverty- proximity- over frequency, yielded similar results.
 
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We did not include a measure on family SES, since this kind of information is not available in our dataset.
 
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Indication for parenthood was omitted from the model due to multicollinearity with the variable of marital status.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Subjective Poverty, Material Deprivation Indices and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults: The Mediating Role of Social Capital and Usage of Online Social Networks
verfasst von
Netta Achdut
Tehila Refaeli
Talia Meital Schwartz Tayri
Publikationsdatum
04.06.2021
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02729-0

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