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| A study of family support, friendship and psychological well-being among older women in Hong Kong | | Author(s) | Oi-ling Siu, David R Phillips |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 55, no 4, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 299-320 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Family care ; Family relationships ; Friend care ; Friendship ; Well being ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | M Powell Lawton's "dual-channel" hypothesis, which suggests the dual-antecedent pattern for positive and negative aspects of psychological well-being, was tested by examining the differential relationships between objective and subjective measures of family support (family contact, family quality, perceived importance of family) and friendship (friends support, friends quality, perceived importance of friendship) to two facets of psychological well-being (positive and negative affect). Face-to-face interviews were conducted with a sample of 60 older women aged 60-85 in a district of Hong Kong. A series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses, controlling for age and marital status, demonstrated that two subjective measures (family quality and perceived importance of friendship) were significant predictors of positive affect, and one subjective measure (family quality) was a significant predictor of negative affect. The "dual-channel" hypothesis was partly supported. Recommendations regarding informal support for older women are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030516215 A |
| Classmark | BD: P6:SJ: DS:SJ: P6:SX: DS:SX: D:F:5HH: 7DR |
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