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. 2024 Nov 21;13:e51214. doi: 10.2196/51214

Table 4.

Models of social cohesion and constructs chosen for measurement.

Locus and aspect under analysis References
Interpersonal relationships

Provision of social support [38,48,52,55,57,60,61,63,72,82,90,93,97,109,113,131]

Interpersonal reciprocity [53,104]

Information sharing [38,72,104]

Number of social interactions [39,41,44-46,48,49,56,59,67,89,94,96,120]

Quality of social connections [41,45,46,49,55,61,64,73,76-78,84,89,90,92-95,113,117,120,132,133]

Relative salience of different types of social relationships [44-46,54,120]

Within ethnic group [43,48,72,73,82]

Within professional group [107,128]
Sameness and difference

Interethnic group relations [63,72,82,106]

Shared identity [13,43,44,49,75,78,99,134]

Norms [58,91,94,109,134]

Values [69,93,95,109,121]

Behavioral conformity [38,58,69,72,122]
Working together for the good of the collective

Collective action [38,48,50,74,75,87,103,111,114,115,124]

Cooperation [49,69,90,99,102,114]

Collaboration [88,125]

Limited conflicts of interest [117]

Pursuit of a shared goal [101,107,109,121]

Meeting social responsibility [13,38,64,87,94,108,119,122]

Orientation to common good [50,68,85]

Mutual aid [84,117]

Altruism [50,73]

Solidarity [50,91,108,117,118,121,122,135]
The sum of individual group members’ emotions or perceptions

Feelings of togetherness [13,43,65,69,74,94,122,131]

Trust in others in the nation [44,46,66-68,75,79,90,108,119]

Trust in those from local community [39,41,43,44,51,53,57,61,64,67,68,73,75-77,84,85,90,91,95,105,109-111,119,132]

Trust in others to follow public health rules [42-44,69]

Trust in politicians or political institutions [43-45,48,50,67,69,75,78,79,86,87,90,96,98,99,111,119]

Perceived cohesion [41,85]

Feelings of belonging [13,43,49,53,60,64,65,67,79,82,86,105,109,110,131]

Feelings of safety [65,73,130]
The operation of institutions and structures of governance

Effectiveness of democracy [108,123]

Integrity of the social contract [116]

Within-nation inequality [79,115,116,119]

Action to uphold human rights [98,135]

Strength of state institutions [108,121,125]

Integration of state institutions [85,99,126]

Management of disorder [127,130,135]

Effective leadership [115,125]
Locally or culturally specific expressions [50,69,88,90,91,103]
Hybrid or multidimensional models [13,48,67,69-71,75,82,99,121,129,135]