社会资本动员的精神健康效应

The Mental Health Effects of Relationship Mobilization

社会网络与健康研究聚焦社会支持与网络资源如何促进动员方的身心健康,而忽视了社会资本激活对被动员方的影响。基于中国综合社会调查(CGSS)系列数据,文章考察了工作领域的社会资本动员对被动员方精神健康影响的强度、持久性和异质性。结果表明:社会资本动员损害了被动员方的精神健康,且该损害效应在其离开工作岗位后依然持续;从“剂量”看,社会资本动员频率的进一步增加未对被动员方造成额外伤害,反映了被动员方对社会资本动员的“适应”。文章对于理解社会资本的负效应具有学术启示,为职场压力与精神健康的研究提供了新视角。

The current researches on the use of social capital on individual health focus on the contribution of social capital mobilizing to their physical and mental health,while neglecting to the activation of social capital and its impact on the mental state.This paper employs seven-year data of Chinese General Social Survey(CGSS,2010-2021)to examine the strength,persistence and heterogeneity of the impact on the mental health of mobilized group.The results indicate that,(1)Social capital mobilization in workplace has a negative impact on the individuals’mental health,and the detrimental effect persists after the mobilized group leaves his or her job.(2)In terms of the dosage of giving favor,the increase in the frequency of being mobilized doesn’t cause additional harm to the mobilized group’s mental health,which may indicate a gradual adaptation when being asked for favor.This study has academic implications for understanding the negative effects of social capital,and also provides a new perspective for the series of studies on workplace stress and mental health in contemporary China.