The flip-side of social capital: The distinctive influences of trust and mistrust on health in rural China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Wang, Hongmei ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^b   Wang, Hong ^b   Hsiao, William C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Mental health; Mistrust; Rural; Self reported health; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 57649084841     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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