Department of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 3;18(17):9331. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179331.
The role of social capital in the association between team sports and health-related outcomes has not been well established in the literature. The purpose of this study was to explore whether social capital components (social support, trust, and social involvement) mediate the association between team sports and health-related outcomes (self-reported health, psychosomatic symptoms, and depressive symptoms). In a cross-sectional research design, we obtained data from 759 participants in the Mamanet Cachibol League, a community team sports model for women in Israel, as well as a comparison group of 308 women who did not participate in any team sports. Team captains were sent a link with an online questionnaire, which were then delivered to team members via text message. Using three parallel mediation models, we found that social support mediated the association between team sports and self-reported health, psychosomatic symptoms, and depressive symptoms. Trust mediated the association between team sports and both psychosomatic symptoms and depressive symptoms. Social involvement was not found to be a mediator in the association between team sports and any of the health-related outcomes. Our findings reveal the important role of social capital, specifically social support and trust, in promoting the health of women who participate in team sports.
社会资本在团队运动与健康相关结果之间的关联中的作用在文献中尚未得到充分证实。本研究旨在探讨社会资本构成（社会支持、信任和社会参与）是否在团队运动与健康相关结果（自我报告的健康、身心症状和抑郁症状）之间起中介作用。在一项横断面研究设计中，我们从以色列的 Mamanet Cachibol 联盟（一个面向女性的社区团队运动模式）的 759 名参与者以及不参加任何团队运动的 308 名女性对照组中获得了数据。团队队长收到了一个带有在线问卷的链接，然后通过短信将问卷分发给团队成员。使用三个平行的中介模型，我们发现社会支持在团队运动与自我报告的健康、身心症状和抑郁症状之间的关联中起中介作用。信任在团队运动与身心症状和抑郁症状之间的关联中起中介作用。社会参与在团队运动与任何健康相关结果之间的关联中都不是中介因素。我们的研究结果揭示了社会资本（特别是社会支持和信任）在促进参加团队运动的女性健康方面的重要作用。
