ABSTRACT
Social capital is a product of relationships that influences well-being. In youth studies, the concept has a relatively long history, though it has not always been called social capital. The theory of social capital, however, has developed only over the past few decades and is still under construction. Although many scholars use social capital in their research, either to explain disparities in well-being or as a contextualization measure, work is needed to improve the theory’s external validity.
