Glossary

 Social Capital

社會資本（Social Capital）是資本的一種形式，是指為實現工具性或情感性的目的，透過社會網絡來動員的資源或能力的總和。

通過研究人際間的關係結構、位置、強度等，可以對社會現象提供更好的解釋。

Social capital is defined by the OECD as “networks together with shared norms, values and understandings that facilitate co-operation within or among groups”.

Varieties of social capital…

There’s much debate over the various forms that social capital takes, but one fairly straightforward approach divides it into three main categories:

Bonds: Links to people based on a sense of common identity (“people like us”) – such as family, close friends and people who share our culture or ethnicity.

Bridges: Links that stretch beyond a shared sense of identity, for example to distant friends, colleagues and associates.

Linkages: Links to people or groups further up or lower down the social ladder.

Mediators: also known as mechanisms or pathways; the factors that help explain how social isolation or loneliness affects health outcomes.

Moderators: the factors that can influence the magnitude or direction of the effect of social isolation or loneliness on health.