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| Age differences in stress, social resources and well-being in middle and older age | | Author(s) | Mike Martin, Martin Grünendahl, Peter Martin |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 4, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp P214-P222 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Family care ; Well being ; Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Two samples of 489 middle-aged adults (age 41-43) and 449 older people (61-63) from the German Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE) were compared with regard to availability of social resources, levels of stress, and well-being. The data were used to construct separate structured equation models explaining the influence of stress and social resources on well-being in the two groups. Results indicate higher levels of health-related stress and similar levels of social resources in the older group. Structural equation models and examination of total and indirect effects confirmed that a stress-suppression model had the best fit in explaining the interrelationship between stress, social resources and well-being. There was a strong effect of stress on well-being, no direct effect of social resources on well-being, and a mediating effect of stress on well-being. The relative contributions of stress and resources to well-being were comparable between age groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010814202 A |
| Classmark | QNH: P6:SJ: D:F:5HH: SE: BB: 767 |
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