The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China

This paper develops a new concept called virus-combat social capital and presents relevant findings from a survey of 3009 Chinese WeChat networkers. Virus-combat social capital is defined by the intensity and extensity of social connectedness under conditions of physical isolation during the COVID-1...

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Published in:International journal of sociology 2020-09, Vol.50 (5), p.419-433
Main Authors: Bian, Yanjie, Miao, Xiaolei, Lu, Xiaolin, Ma, Xulei, Guo, Xiaoxian
Format: Article
Language:English
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Asian cultural groups
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Quality of life
Social capital
Viruses
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Summary:This paper develops a new concept called virus-combat social capital and presents relevant findings from a survey of 3009 Chinese WeChat networkers. Virus-combat social capital is defined by the intensity and extensity of social connectedness under conditions of physical isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey shows that as compared to their counterparts, Chinese people with higher virus-combat social capital consistently do better in both behavioral responses and measures of quality of life.
ISSN:0020-7659
1557-9336
DOI:10.1080/00207659.2020.1802141