The Association of Trust, Social Participation with Self-Rated Health Status: Mediating Effect of Depression.
- Author:
Jin Hyang LEE
1
;
Ki Soo PARK
;
Hye Ji JEON
;
Hyun Su YANG
;
Bokyoung KIM
;
Michael Sung Pil CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Korea. parkks@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Trust;
Social Participation;
Depression;
Self-rated health
- MeSH:
Depression*;
Female;
Health Surveys;
Humans;
Male;
Negotiating*;
Social Participation*
- From:Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
2013;38(4):257-266
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to investigate the relationship between individual-level social capital and depression. And, we assessed if depressive symptom mediates the relationship between social capital and self-rated health status. METHODS: Data from the 2011 Community Health Survey were analyzed for this study. We used chi-square tests and analyzed a four step approach in which several regression analyses were conducted and significance of the coefficients was examined at each step. RESULTS: In men, the results of controlling mediating factor (depression): social participation was not significantly associated with self-rated health status(p=0.082), the finding supports that social participation was fully mediated by depression. In women, the relationship between social capital(trust, social participation) and self-rated health status was partially mediated by depression. CONCLUSIONS: In order to increase self rated health status, not only improvement in trust and social participation are needed but effort to reduce depression must be combined.
