JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Institute of Health Equity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Centre for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Health Place. 2023 Jul;82:103022. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103022. Epub 2023 Apr 5.
Social capital could protect mental health. We examined whether the COVID-19 context and province-level COVID-19 situation altered the longitudinal association between cognitive social capital (generalized trust, trust in neighbors, trust in local government officials, and reciprocity) and depression. Results from multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models showed that trust in neighbors, trust in local government officials, and reciprocity were more crucial in longitudinally reducing depression in 2020 than in 2018. Also, as compared with provinces where the COVID-19 situation was less poor, trust in local government officials in 2018 was more crucial in reducing depression in 2020 in provinces with a worse COVID-19 situation. Therefore, cognitive social capital should be taken into account for pandemic preparedness and mental health resilience.
社会资本可以保护心理健康。我们研究了 COVID-19 大流行背景和省级 COVID-19 情况是否改变了认知社会资本(普遍信任、对邻居的信任、对地方政府官员的信任和互惠)与抑郁之间的纵向关联。多层次混合效应线性回归模型的结果表明,与 2018 年相比,2020 年对邻居的信任、对地方政府官员的信任和互惠对纵向降低抑郁更为重要。此外,与 COVID-19 情况较差的省份相比,在 COVID-19 情况更差的省份中,2018 年对地方政府官员的信任对降低 2020 年的抑郁更为重要。因此,应该考虑认知社会资本来做好大流行的准备和保持心理健康的适应能力。