Social capital and post-disaster mental health

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the study sample

	Frequency (percentage)
Gender
Male	90 (38.8)
Female	141 (60.8)
Age group
< 18	1 (0.5)
18–24	5 (2.7)
25–39	17 (9.0)
40–64	57 (42.6)
> 65	108 (57.4)
Religion
Religious	197 (94.9)
None	34 (14.7)
Marital status
Married	83 (35.8)
Single	40 (17.2)
Separated	6 (2.6)
Divorced	23 (9.9)
Widowed	73 (31.5)
Common law	6 (2.6)
Education
< High school	93 (40.1)
High school	58 (25.0)
Some college	13 (5.6)
College or post-graduate	51 (22.0)
Work
Employed	75 (32.3)
Seeking work	12 (5.2)
Carer or looking after children/house	9 (3.9)
Student or on training scheme	2 (0.9)
Retired	133 (57.3)

Table 2. Independent predictors for mental health outcomes, expressed in adjusted R squares and Betas

	Posttraumatic stress disorder			Anxiety			Depression
	Social capital model	Individual characteristics model	Combined model	Social capital model	Individual characteristics model	Combined model	Social capital model	Individual characteristics model	Combined model
R ^2	.18	.18	.26	.10	.22	.25	.17	.23	.29
	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β	β
Individual characteristics
Demographics
Gender		.06	.07		–.01	–.01		–.02	–.02
Age		.05	.01		.08	.07		.12*	.09
Education		.06	.07		–.01	–.02		–.03	–.02
Disaster related
Displaced		–.04	–.05		.00	–.01		–.00	–.01
Property loss		.16*	.09		.16*	.10		.19*	.11
Primary appraisal		.05	.07		.19*	.19*		.09	.11
Secondary appraisal		.12	.09		.03	.05		.06	.03
Coping Intensity		.32***	.26***		.30***	.26***		.26***	.20**
Social support		–.12	–.13		–.20**	–.22**		–.17*	–.17**
▵R ^2			.20			.22			.23
Social capital
Structural social capital	.21**		.09	.22**		.13*	.20**		.11
Cognitive social capital	–.39***		–.28***	–.26***		–.13*	–.38***		–.26***
▵R ^2			.06			.03			.06

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.

Table 3. Total, direct, and indirect effects of structural and cognitive social capital on mental health outcomes

	Posttraumatic stress disorder		Anxiety		Depression
	Cognitive social capital	Structural social capital	Cognitive social capital	Structural social capital	Cognitive social capital	Structural social capital
Total effect	−.38**	.20**	−.23**	.23**	−.35**	.20**
Direct effect	−.28**	.09**	−.13**	.13**	−.26**	.11**
Indirect effect	−.10**	.10**	−.10**	.09**	−.09**	.09**

Note: Values are estimates from the statistical software LISREL 8.0.

*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.