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Exposure and reactivity to negative social exchanges
— a preliminary investigation using daily diary data | | Author(s) | Karen S Rook |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 58B, no 2, March 2003 |
| Pages | pp P100-111 |
| Keywords | Personal relationships ; Stress ; Social contacts ; Daily ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Negative social exchanges have the potential to detract from well-being in later life, but the factors that influence older people's vulnerability to such exchanges remain poorly understood. In this study of daily diary data collected from a sample of 129 older Americans, three categories of predictors were examined: individual characteristics, life stress, and social network characteristics. Greater exposure to negative social exchanges was related to greater life stress and to less supportive networks. Greater reactivity was related to lower self-esteem, less supportive networks, less satisfying friendships and family relationships, and surprisingly, to less life stress. Longitudinal changes in exposure and reactivity were related to changes in friendship satisfaction, the positive functions performed by the network, and health status. The findings suggest that personal characteristics and life circumstances play a role in influencing older people's vulnerability to negative social exchanges. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030416007 A |
| Classmark | DS: QNH: TOA: 4RA: 4C: 7T |
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