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

  • Authors

    • Yew-Kang Liew Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
    • Shirly Siew-Ling Wong Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
    • Rosita binti Hamdan Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
    • Dayang Affizzah binti Awang Marikan Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
    https://doi.org/10.14419/zsnynf61

    Received date: July 18, 2025

    Accepted date: August 25, 2025

    Published date: August 27, 2025

  • Economic Strain, Resilience, Sarawak, Social Support, Vulnerability, Well-being

  • 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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    Liew, Y.-K., Wong, S. S.-L., Hamdan, R. binti ., & Awang Marikan, D. A. binti . (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), 725-733. https://doi.org/10.14419/zsnynf61