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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Family Studies

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  • Extensive research highlights youth social capital benefits.
  • Origins of adolescent social capital remain less understood.
  • This study investigates parental social capital, family SES, and neighborhood SES as potential influences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the origins of adolescent social capital.
  • To examine the role of parental social capital, family socioeconomic status (SES), and neighborhood socioeconomic profile in shaping youth social capital.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey data from 163 parent-adolescent dyads (12-13 year olds) in Southwest Finland.
  • Adolescent social capital analyzed across four dimensions: social networks, social trust, receiving help, and providing help.
  • Structural equation modeling used to analyze associations with parental social capital (direct and indirect measures), family SES, and neighborhood SES.

Main Results:

  • Parental social capital indirectly influences adolescent social capital through social learning and perceptions of parental sociability.
  • Family SES positively relates to adolescents' reciprocal tendencies, mediated by parental social capital and perceptions.
  • Disadvantaged neighborhood SES is directly negatively associated with adolescent social trust and willingness to receive help.

Conclusions:

  • Social capital is partly transmissible from parents to children in a Finnish context, primarily through indirect social learning mechanisms.
  • Parental influence on adolescent social capital is complex, mediated by perceptions and social learning.
  • Socioeconomic factors at both family and neighborhood levels play a significant role in shaping youth social capital.