The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China. Issue 5 (2nd September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bian, Yanjie; Miao, Xiaolei; Lu, Xiaolin; Ma, Xulei; Guo, Xiaoxian
• Is Part Of: International journal of sociology. Volume 50:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 419
• Page End: 433
• Publication Date: 2020-09-02
• Subjects: Virus-combat social capital -- COVID-19 -- behavioral response -- quality of life -- China; Sociology -- Periodicals; Sociology -- Periodicals; Sociologie -- Périodiques; Sociology; Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2020.1802141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7659

Abstract

Abstract: 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.