Social Affiliation, Social Capital, and Longitudinal Adaptation to COVID-19 Economic Stress

项目概要/摘要 为控制新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）传播而采取的封锁和其他公共卫生措施 产生了深远的社会和经济后果。在美国，超过 1000 万个工作岗位 2020年，一些地区、行业、人群受到的打击尤为严重。 此外，封锁极大地限制了与亲密人士进行面对面社交互动的能力。 其他人和“弱关系”，即我们社交网络中对日常福祉做出贡献的外围成员。 这些规律化的社交互动对心理健康具有强大的影响。因此，特别是 了解影响他们的更广泛的背景力量很重要。在社会情境中 更加信任和合作的环境，更有可能产生社交亲和行为 摆脱经济压力，从而增强抗压能力。相比之下，社会情境 被认为不太信任和合作的环境可能会抑制社会归属的使用， 剥夺人们情绪调节和幸福感的有效来源。拟议的项目将 检查更广泛的社会背景因素和个人社会行为的相互作用 COVID-19 相关的经济压力。多层纵向框架将与 涉及 COVID-19 经济影响（高与低）和社会资本的准实验设计 （高与低）。这项工作可以为了解 COVID-19 的经济影响提供重要见解 对全球人类的心理健康和幸福产生重大影响。

Project Summary/Abstract Lockdowns and other public health measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have had profound social and economic consequences. In the United States, over 10 million jobs have been lost in 2020, and some regions, industries, and demographic groups have been particularly hard hit. Moreover, lockdowns have substantially limited the capacity for in-person social interaction with close others and “weak ties,” peripheral members of our social network who contribute to everyday well-being. These kinds of regularized social interactions have potent effects on mental health. Thus, it is especially important to understand the broader contextual forces that influence them. In social-contextual environments that are more trusting and cooperative, social-affiliative behavior is more likely to result from economic stress, leading to increased capacities for stress resistance. By contrast, social-contextual environments that are perceived as less trusting and cooperative may inhibit the use of social affiliation, depriving people of a potent source of emotion regulation and well-being. The proposed project will examine the interplay of broader social-contextual factors and individual social behaviors in response to COVID-19-related economic stress. A multilevel longitudinal framework will be used in conjunction with a quasi-experimental design involving COVID-19 economic impact (High vs. Low) and social capitol (High vs. Low). This work can provide crucial insight into the economic impact of COVID-19 with substantial implications for the mental health and happiness of human beings across the globe.