Psychological Variables in Researches between Social Network and Social Capital

Social network and social capital are critical issues in sociology. There is a rising research tendency on the relationship among psychological variables in social network and social capital. Four common hypotheses were summarized based on comprehensive syntheses, and they were main effect hypothesis, mediator and moderator hypothesis, dynamic effect hypothesis, and synergistic effect hypothesis. Meanwhile, the methodology, definition and assessment should be considered, which induce new thoughts for future studies.