Well-being and social capital: Multilevel analysis for regional communities and organization

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380842
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Yukiko Uchida 京都大学, こころの未来研究センター, 特定准教授 (60411831)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): FUKUSHIMA Shintaro 青山学院大学, 総合文化政策学部, 助教 (80712398)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 文化 / 農業 / 漁業 / 企業 / 幸福感 / 社会関係

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study addresses how psychological characteristics, such as interdependence, are shared among people through collective activities that go beyond individuals’ personal economic activities. Multilevel analyses on a large-scale survey of 408 regional communities in Japan suggested that interdependence was more prevalent in farming communities than in non-farming communities, not only for farmers but also for non-farmers. Longitudinal analysis suggested that, due to engagement in collective activities, non-farmers living in farming communities are more likely to be concerned about others. These findings demonstrate that culture-specific psychological functions can be transmitted through social interaction during community activities, above and beyond individual economic activities. We examined organization community in addition to regional communities as a unit of culture. We collected data from 25 companies and found out the well-being is related with social capital among company.

Free Research Field

社会心理学