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

项目摘要/摘要 封锁和其他公共卫生措施以控制新型冠状病毒的传播(新冠肺炎) 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 在2020年失去了，一些地区、行业和人口群体受到的打击尤其严重。 此外，封锁大大限制了与Close进行面对面社交互动的能力 其他人和“弱关系”，我们社交网络中的边缘成员，他们为日常生活做出贡献。 这些规律化的社会互动对心理健康有很大的影响。因此，它特别是 重要的是要了解影响他们的更广泛的背景力量。在社交--语境中 更信任和合作的环境，社会附属行为更有可能导致 不受经济压力的影响，导致抗逆性增强。相比之下，社交背景 被认为不太信任和合作的环境可能会抑制社会从属关系的使用， 剥夺了人们情绪调节和幸福感的有效来源。拟议的项目将 考察更广泛的社会背景因素和个人社会行为之间的相互作用 与新冠肺炎相关的经济压力。一个多层次的纵向框架将与 “新冠肺炎”经济影响力(高低)与社会资本的准实验设计 (高与低)。这项工作可以为深入了解新冠肺炎的经济影响提供至关重要的见解 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.