The Role of Social Support in the Face of Vulnerability to Economic Strain: Perspective from Sarawak Urban Area

Yew Kang, Liew and Shirly Siew Ling, Wong and Rosita, Hamdan and Dayang Affizzah, Awang Marikan (2025) The Role of Social Support in the Face of Vulnerability to Economic Strain: Perspective from Sarawak Urban Area. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12 (4). pp. 725-733. ISSN 2309-4508

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Abstract

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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