Department of Health Science, Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation, 2-10, Satomi, Chitose 066-0055, Japan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 1;19(15):9415. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159415.
Previous studies have indicated that social capital and locus of control influence mental health. Accordingly, we investigated the effect of social capital and locus of control on perceived physical and mental health in the general Japanese population during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to conduct a cross-sectional study, in 2021, three thousand citizens were randomly selected from the Chitose City Resident Register according to ten strata of sex and age classes between 30 years and 79 years. Because thirteen persons moved away from the city, the survey was conducted for the remaining 2987 citizens. A total of 1430 citizens (712 males, 718 females) responded to the survey with their written informed consent (response rate, 47.9%). As a result, social capital measured three dimensions, namely social support, social participation, and trust and reciprocity, and internal locus of control was significantly inversely associated with it, but external locus of control was significantly positively associated with impaired physical and mental health in male and female subjects after adjustment of lifestyle habits and lifestyle change affected by the pandemic. Strengthening social capital and internal locus of control, and weakening external locus of control, may improve physical and mental health, even if the pandemic would bring about distress. Further longitudinal study is needed to examine the causal relationship among them.
先前的研究表明，社会资本和控制源会影响心理健康。因此，我们在 COVID-19 大流行期间，针对日本普通人群，调查了社会资本和控制源对感知身心健康的影响。为了进行横断面研究，我们于 2021 年按照性别和年龄组（30 至 79 岁）的十个分层，从千岁市居民登记簿中随机抽取了 3000 名市民。由于有 13 人搬离了该市，因此对其余的 2987 名市民进行了调查。共有 1430 名市民（712 名男性，718 名女性）以书面形式表示同意参与（应答率为 47.9%）。结果表明，社会资本测量了三个维度，即社会支持、社会参与以及信任和互惠，而内部控制源与它呈显著负相关，但外部控制源与男性和女性的身心障碍呈显著正相关，这些调整了生活习惯和受大流行影响的生活方式改变。加强社会资本和内部控制源，削弱外部控制源，可能会改善身心健康，即使大流行会带来困扰。需要进一步的纵向研究来检验它们之间的因果关系。
