title: Longitudinal association between social capital and self-esteem: a matter of context.
abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the longitudinal association between indicators of different components of social capital at the individual, household, and area levels and self-esteem while adjusting for various confounders at multiple levels. Respondents participating in Wave 1 (2009) and 2 (2010) of the Seoul Welfare Panel Study were used in the analysis. The final sample for the current study includes a total of 5127 participants in 2738 households within 25 administrative areas. This study shows that only a small amount of variance in self-esteem was attributed to the area level (7.6%). On the other hand, a relatively large amount of variance in self-esteem was attributed to the household level (52.5%). It has also shown that all individual-level social capital indicators including perceived helpfulness, organizational participation, and volunteer work were positively associated with self-esteem. Among household-level indicators of social capital, only organizational participation was associated with self-esteem. However, none of the area-level social capital indicators were associated with self-esteem. The main finding of the current study suggested that the association between social capital and self-esteem varied depending on both dimensions and levels of social capital indicators.
authors: School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, 157-W Olmsted, 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, PA 17057, USA. Electronic address: shkingdom@gmail.com.
authors: Sehee
authors: S
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D066270:Social Capital; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014937:Work
keywords: Ecometrics; Longitudinal analysis; Multilevel analysis; Self-esteem; Social capital