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Boyas, Javier.

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Social capital and well-being: Modeling a multigroup analysis of race and ethnicity.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social capital and well-being: Modeling a multigroup analysis of race and ethnicity./
Author:	Boyas, Javier.
Description:	231 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Leslie H. Wind.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-10A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3283866
ISBN:	9780549273424

Social capital and well-being: Modeling a multigroup analysis of race and ethnicity.
Boyas, Javier.

Social capital and well-being: Modeling a multigroup analysis of race and ethnicity. - 231 p.

Adviser: Leslie H. Wind.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston College, 2007.

In this study, the relationship between social capital and well-being among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites was examined utilizing national data from the Community Benchmark Survey (2000). Recognizing that significant social capital differences exist by race and ethnicity further warrants the exploration of what effects these variations have on well-being. Social capital is defined as a multidimensional construct that refers to individual network characteristics and social trust that people can draw upon in order to solve common problems. Both cognitive and structural forms of social capital were examined. It was hypothesized in this dissertation that increased social capital was related to increased perceptions of health and happiness among African Americans, Latinos, and Whites, even after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics.

ISBN: 9780549273424Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

Social capital and well-being: Modeling a multigroup analysis of race and ethnicity.
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520 $a This study utilized cross-sectional, nationally-representative data that included 501 African American, 502 Latino, and 1,839 White respondents. Multiple group structural equation modeling was used to examine the influence of social capital and sociodemographic characteristics on well-being in each of the three racial/ethnic groups. Results provided partial support for the theoretical assertions that various dimensions of social capital were linked with health and happiness at the individual level. Results of the multi-group analysis suggest that the model predominantly operated similarly for the three groups. Findings indicate that cognitive-based social capital (social trust and interracial/ethnic trust) were more consistently associated with well-being compared to structural social capital forms (diversity of social network and civic participation).
520 $a Although most relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and social capital, and between social capital and well-being were similar across all groups, significant racial and ethnic differences emerged in the relationships between sociodemographic characteristics and social capital. The results indicate that African Americans and Latinos reported lower levels of accrued social capital compared to Whites, primarily because they lacked the resources needed that associate with increased levels of social capital. This study found that although various forms of social capital were significantly associated with higher levels of well-being, the direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic variables on well-being were greater. Implications for policy, practice, and future research are addressed.
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