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Social control of health behaviors
— a comparison of young, middle-aged and older adults | | Author(s) | Joan S Tucker, David J Klein, Marc N Elliott |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp P147-P150 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Ill health ; Attitude ; Young adults [20-25] ; Middle aged ; Older people ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Social control can positively influence health behaviours, but changes in social networks over time may cause older people to experience less health-related social control. The size and composition of social control networks, and receipt of health-related social control were examined in a probability sample of 509 household residents aged 20-80 in Los Angeles County who completed a telephone survey. Compared with younger and middle-aged adults, older adults identified fewer people who attempted to influence their health behaviours and fewer health behaviours that others urged them to change. Older people also reported less frequent social control attempts aimed at modifying their health behaviours, even after controlling for health status, health habits and social network characteristics. Possible explanations for these age-related differences are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130221 A |
| Classmark | CC: CH: DP: SD6: SE: B: 48: 7T |
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