Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Europe: A New Approach on Social Capital

Portela, Marta; Neira, Isabel; Salinas-Jiménez, María del Mar

doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0158-x

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“…Previous studies have established significant associations between subjective well-being and socio-demographic characteristics including education, gender and age (Deeming, 2013;Portela, Neira, & Salinas-Jim enez, 2013;Vera-Villarroel et al, 2012). We include a quadratic age term in our models in order to investigate if age has a curvilinear relationship with any of the dependent variables.…”

Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Gerson

Plagnol

Corr

2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c tThe purpose of the study was to explore whether personality traits moderate the association between social comparison on Facebook and subjective well-being, measured as both life satisfaction and eudaimonic well-being. Data were collected via an online questionnaire which measured Facebook use, social comparison behavior and personality traits for 337 respondents. The results showed positive associations between Facebook intensity and both measures of subjective well-being, and negative associations between Facebook social comparison and both measures of subjective well-being. Personality traits were assessed by the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory personality questionnaire, which revealed that Reward Interest was positively associated with eudaimonic well-being, and Goal-Drive Persistence was positively associated with both measures of subjective well-being. Impulsivity was negatively associated with eudaimonic well-being and the Behavioral Inhibition System was negatively associated with both measures of subjective well-being. Interactions between personality traits and social comparison on Facebook indicated that for respondents with high Goal-Drive Persistence, Facebook social comparison had a positive association with eudaimonic well-being, thus confirming that some personality traits moderate the association between Facebook social comparison and subjective well-being. The results of this study highlight how individual differences in personality may impact how social comparison on Facebook affects individuals' subjective well-being.

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Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Gerson

Plagnol

Corr

2016

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Besides the number of (role-) identities, the salience and voluntariness of identities are also shown to reduce stress and therefore positively affect well-being (Thoits 1992). In line with this finding, a recent study (Portela, Neira, Mar Salinas-Jiménez 2012) based on the European Social Survey revealed that participation in social networks has an effect on subjective well-being, while other forms (formal and political) of network participation seem to have smaller or no effect.…”

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Setos' way to manage identities and well-being: shame and pride, opposition and openness

Valk

Särg

2015

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The paper examines how the tiny ethno-cultural group of Setos constructs its identity in the multicultural context. The study examines the validity of three acculturation models and tests earlier findings on the relationship between identity and well-being. The results suggest that Setos have clearly adopted a multicultural identity strategy while not merging different identities, and that they have managed to separate the material wellbeing from the pride of their identity. Despite its small size and peripheral location, the Setos' way to preserve their identity in a constantly changing context is an interesting lesson for other indigenous groups, and also for bigger neighbors.Setos -a tiny indigenous ethno-cultural group situated on the Estonian-Russian border area -are worth wider attention for several reasons. There are several in-depth studies on Seto culture and identity (Eichenbaum 1998;Jääts 1998;Runnel 2002a) that focus on historical and ethnographical analyses while psychological aspects of acculturation, (bicultural) identity formation and psychological well-being in relation to identity, have deserved much less attention. In the social psychological research tradition, acculturation is studied mainly among immigrant groups, and cultural and psychological changes of indigenous communities in Europe but also elsewhere have deserved much less attention. In the European perspective, only a couple of studies about Saami, Roma, Basque, and other indigenous people's acculturation issues can be found.Current study that follows social psychological theories of acculturation and bicultural identity development asks whether the principles of acculturation theories proved in numerous immigrant studies apply also for the sedentary group related to majority culture for hundreds and thousands of years? Seto culture shares some elements with neighboring cultures but also has several unique aspects. Their language could be called a dialect of Estonian, but if spoken properly Estonians have trouble in understanding it. Setos practice Russian the Orthodox religion with pagan elements, and have well-preserved unique folk traditions: national costumes, traditional holidays, and folk music, including the existence of bridal and funeral laments and a very special polyphonic folk song leelo. Setos, who have never been more numerous than 20,000 people and whose territory is currently divided between two countries, have survived through four different political regimes during the

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“…Consistent with the subjective wellbeing literature, we also control for relevant covariates that are likely to affect an individual's subjective wellbeing or quality of life. These include gender, age, age squared, marital and educational status, income, employment status, race and religion, mental health and social class (see, e.g., Awaworyi Churchill & Mishra, 2017;Cheng & Smyth, 2015;Pinquart & Sörensen, 2000;Portela, Neira, & del Mar Salinas-Jiménez, 2013). Table A1 presents a description of the variables and their associated summary statistics.…”

Section: Data and Variablesmentioning

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Friendship Network Composition and Subjective Wellbeing

Awaworyi Churchill,

Smyth

2017

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may AbstractUsing data from the UK Community Life Survey, we present the first study to examine the relationship between heterogeneity in one's friendship network and subjective wellbeing. We measure network heterogeneity by the extent to which one's friends are similar to oneself with regard to ethnicity and religion. We find that people who have friendship networks with characteristics dissimilar to themselves have lower levels of subjective wellbeing. Specifically, our two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimates, using measures of ethnic and religious diversity based on the Herfindahl-type fractionalization index that are flipped between adjoining rural/urban areas as instruments, suggest that a standard deviation increase in the proportion of one's friends from different ethnic (religious) groups is associated with a decrease of 0.276 (0.451) standard deviations in subjective wellbeing.

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Social Capital and Subjective Wellbeing in Europe: A New Approach on Social Capital

Cited by 138 publications

References 35 publications

Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Subjective well-being and social media use: Do personality traits moderate the impact of social comparison on Facebook?

Setos' way to manage identities and well-being: shame and pride, opposition and openness

Friendship Network Composition and Subjective Wellbeing

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