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| The cumulative effects of life event, personal and social resources on subjective well-being of elderly widowers | | Author(s) | Shantha Balaswamy, Virginia E Richardson |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 53, no 4, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 311-328 |
| Keywords | Widowers ; Personal relationships ; Attitude ; Well being ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A multidimensional Life Stress Model was used to test the independent contributions of background characteristics, personal resources, life event, and environmental influences on 200 widowers' levels of well-being, measured by the Affect Balance Scale. Stepwise regression analyses revealed that environmental resources were unrelated to negative affect, which is influenced more by the life event and personal resources variables. The environmental resource variables - particularly interactions with friends and neighbours - mostly influenced positive affect. The explanatory model for well-being included multiple variables and explained 33% of the variance. Although background characteristics had the greatest impact, absence of hospitalisation, higher self-esteem, contacts with friends, and interaction with neighbours enhanced well-being. The results support previous speculations on the importance of positive exchanges for positive affect. African-American widowers showed higher levels of well-being than did Caucasian widowers. The results advance knowledge about differences among older men. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020313204 A |
| Classmark | SPA: DS: DP: D:F:5HH: 4C: 7T |
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