The Role of Social Support in the Face of Vulnerability to Economic Strain: Perspective from Sarawak Urban Area
This research investigates the complex interactions between economic strain, social support, resilience, and well-being in Sarawak in the aftermath of the economic disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a sample of 290 participants, the study utilized structural equation modeli...
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Science Publishing Corporation Inc
2025
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/50743/2/The%20Role%20of%20Social.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/50743/ https://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/IJAES/article/view/35070 https://doi.org/10.14419/zsnynf61 |
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| Summary: | This research investigates the complex interactions between economic strain, social support, resilience, and well-being in Sarawak in the aftermath of the economic disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a sample of 290 participants, the study utilized structural equation modeling to address three primary objectives: examining the relationships between economic strain, social support, well-being, and resilience; assessing the mediating role of social support in the relationship between economic strain and well-being; and evaluating its mediation effect between economic strain and resilience. The initial findings corroborate the presence of significant associations between economic strain and the three constructs of well-being, resilience, and social support. Social support has been identified as a crucial mediator that modulates the interaction between economic strain and well-being and between economic strain and resilience. This abstract succinctly summarizes the central inquiry of the study, focusing on how economic adversities in the post-pandemic period influenced individual and community well-being in Sarawak, with an emphasis on the mitigating role of social support networks. |
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