social bias, 13

social capital, 5, 38, 133–164, 313n24

bonding, 134–135, 137–138, 141–142, 147, 150, 153, 156–157, 162, 170, 212

bridging, 134–139, 142, 145, 147, 150, 153, 156–157, 160–162, 209

definition of, 134–135

social class, 13, 27, 41, 52, 54, 65, 108

social cohesion, 89, 313n23

social connections, 135

social constructionism, 4, 11–13

social-exchange theory, 3, 11–13, 86–88, 212–213

socializing, 137, 142, 212

social network, 4, 13, 14–15, 30, 136, 140–141, 161, 165, 203

definition of, 4, 310n4

social readjustment rating scale, 315n32

social solidarity, 87–89, 312n20

social support, 4, 14, 17–19, 21, 86, 165, 166–172, 199, 205, 211, 309n1, 311n8, 314n29

definition of, 310n5, 311n6

social viability theory, 13

solitary activity, 171, 314n31

son, 7, 45, 294, 300, 304–305

South Asia, 309n1

Southern California, 171, 313n21

South Tun, 27

spectator activities. See under leisure activities

spouse, 41, 45, 57, 68, 73, 104, 169, 301

Sri Lankans, 130

Stanfield, 25, 34

stoicism, 37

stratified probability sampling, 25, 27

structural constraints, 16

structural equation modeling, 37

structuralist constructionism, 13

sub-district (li),, 28

suicide, 21, 109, 305

Sun Yet-Sen Institute, 290

symbolic interactionist, 20–21, 89

symmetry, 95, 103–104

Taichung, 27–29, 37, 290, 312n19

Taichung Business College, 304

Taipei, 27

tension, 88

Thailand, 312n19

theoretical perspective, 3

three-generation household, 7, 30, 109

transaction, 44–45, 103, 208

Tunghai University, 36, 290–291, 301

understanding, 54–56, 209

United States (U.S.), 2–3, 15, 22, 50, 108, 166, 185, 187, 203, 290–291, 309n1, 313n23

Umatilla, 25, 34

unfairness, 88

U.S. See United States

validity, 19, 22, 116

value congruence hypothesis (VCH). See under hypothesis

values, 3, 5, 11, 13, 22, 107–131, 212, 295, 298, 307, 312n18, 312n20