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3. Social capital as mediating factor on COVID‐19 induced psychological distress: The case of college students living through an outbreak.

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M. Fulkerson, Gregory, Thomas, Alexander R., McCarthy, Michael, Seale, Elizabeth, Han, Sallie, Kemmerer, Kirsten, and Zians, James

Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress, SOCIAL capital, COLLEGE students, CORONAVIRUS diseases, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract

This investigation examines the interplay between individual‐level social capital, psychological distress, and the effects of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak on a college campus. Data were collected from students at two colleges in early 2021. Hypotheses were formed based on prior research on social capital and the COVID pandemic. A structural equation model was constructed to allow the modeling of both latent and observed variables. The Kessler‐6 measures were used to create a latent psychological distress variable, which was the dependent variable. Predictor variables include whether the student experienced the outbreak, the student's race and gender, and the level of reported individual social capital (having supportive and rewarding relationships). Our findings suggest that the most robust predictor of reduced psychological distress was individual social capital, which also served as an intermediary between the outbreak and distress. Social capital mediates psychological distress in an outbreak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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4. Housework, Fairness, and Breadwinning: How Do They Affect Older Married Women's and Men's Sexual Satisfaction?

Author

Kemmerer, Kirsten E.

Subjects
SEXUAL excitement, HOME economics, OLDER women, HOUSEHOLDS, MARRIED women, HOUSEKEEPING, SEXUAL division of labor
Abstract

This study seeks to better distinguish how the division of household labor, perceptions of fairness surrounding the division of household labor, and married women's and men's relative earnings (particularly married women's "breadwinning") affect women's and men's marital quality and sexual satisfaction. A number of studies have examined the effect of the division of household labor (Barstad 2014; Frisco and Williams 2003; Pina and Bengtson 1993), perceptions of fairness (Frisco and Williams 2003; Goldberg and Perry-Jenkins 2004), and breadwinning (Rogers and DeBoer 2001; Brennan, Barnett, and Gareis 2001) on relationship/marital quality/satisfaction, but to date there have been no crosssectional analyses that have explored the effect on sexual satisfaction. Most research has also focused on younger women and men who are in their childbearing and rearing years. In contrast, the current study is one of the first to analyze the household division of labor and sexual satisfaction for a sample of Americans who are in middle to later life. The findings from this study will broaden our understanding of gender, sexuality, and marital wellbeing among older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019

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