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Health-related social control within older adults' relationships
Author(s)	Joan S Tucker
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 5, September 2002
Pages	pp P387-P395
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Self esteem ; Personal relationships ; Social interaction ; Social contacts ; United States of America.
Annotation	Social control in the health domain refers to regulatory attempts by others (direct), and feelings of obligation and responsibility to others (indirect), that encourage a healthy lifestyle. A study by postal survey examined the size and composition of the social control networks of 181 participants aged 65-80, and investigated their behavioural and affective responses to the experience of social control. On average, they reported having 3-5 people in their social network, varying somewhat by marital and parental statuses. Social control was associated with both positive and negative behavioural and affective responses, depending on both type of social control (direct vs indirect) and level of relationship satisfaction. Results indicate the importance of better understanding the conditions under which social relationships have beneficial versus detrimental effects on older people's well-being. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021107503 A
Classmark	CC: D:F:5HH: DPA: DS: TMA: TOA: 7T
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