Personality, Social Capital, and Depressive Symptomatology Among African Americans
Personality, Social Capital, and Depressive Symptomatology Among African Americans
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DOI：
10.1177/0095798418780771
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Holtz, Cheryl L.
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作者：
Clark, Eddie M.;Williams, Randi M.;Holtz, Cheryl L.
The present study examined the relationship between social capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults. Data were collected from a national probability sample of 803 African American men and women using a telephone survey including measures of the Big Five personality traits, social capital, and depressive symptomatology. Most interestingly, there was evidence for Personality x Social Capital interactions on depressive symptoms. Higher social capital was related to lower depressive symptomology among persons with low conscientiousness, low extraversion, or high neuroticism. However, social capital was significantly but not as strongly related to depressive symptoms among those with high conscientiousness, high extraversion, or low neuroticism. This study reinforces the importance of personality traits when considering potential protective health effects of social capital in understanding depressive symptoms. This information may be useful to practitioners and community members in prevention and treatment.
