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Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group

Samuel, Noah O.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/102211

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Title
Bridging, Bonding, and Maintained Social Capital as Predictors of Psychological Well-Being in a WhatsApp Group
Author(s)
Samuel, Noah O.
Issue Date
2018
Keyword(s)
  • Bridging social capital
  • bonding social capital
  • maintained social capital
  • WhatsApp
  • social networks
  • psychological well-being
  • group communication
  • knowledge management
  • mobile app
Abstract
This paper reported part of the findings from a study conducted to understand how participants build and maintain social capital through group communication on WhatsApp. We collected data from 75 participants who were members of a high school WhatsApp group. The participants all graduated from the same high school in 2003, and they currently use WhatsApp to keep in touch. We used QuestionPro; an online survey platform, for data collection. Participants were compensated with mobile phone call credits in the local currency. We tested a single hypothesis to see if bridging, bonding, and maintained social capital in the group are predictive of individual group member’s self-reported measures of psychological well-being based on Ryff & Keyes (1995). Regression result shows that of the three, only bridging social capital is a significant predictor of psychological well-being. This result adds to the findings by Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe (2007).
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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