Have bonding social capital and bridging social capital been affecting the development of community organizations?

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870535
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health nursing; Sociology
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Matsumoto Chiharu 熊本大学, 大学院生命科学研究部(保), 助教 (30452874)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 住民組織 / 地域 / ソーシャル・キャピタル / 結合型ソーシャル・キャピタル / 橋渡し型ソーシャル・キャピタル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study to clarify the relationship between the development of community organizations, regional level social capital of municipal unit, bonding social capital among members in the organization, and bridging social capital with other organizations. An interview survey conducted on 12 groups of community organizations, and I drew up the scale "the development of community organizations and social capital metrics". The scale consist of 13 items of the development of community organizations, 11 items of bonding social capital, and 18 items of bridging social capital. This study did not achieve the research purpose during the study period. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the scale in the future.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生看護

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

今後も研究を継続し、「住民組織の発展およびソーシャル・キャピタルの測定尺度」を開発することにより、住民組織の発展と結合型SC、橋渡し型SC、市町村レベルSCの関連を明らかにすることで、住民組織が地域で発展していくうえでの、住民組織の課題と地域の課題を見出すことができる。