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| Stability and change in the perceived social support of older Taiwanese adults | | Author(s) | Jennifer C Cornman, Scott M Lynch, Noreen Goldman |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp S350-S357 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Older people ; Parents ; Attitude ; Services ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Longitudinal surveys ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | This study uses data from two waves of the Survey of Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan spanning a 10-year period. It employs latent growth curve models to examine trajectories of perceived support and the sociocultural factors that may explain variability in baseline levels of support and variability in changes in support as respondents age. Perceptions about social support appear to follow a linear trajectory across age, with significant variation in baseline perceptions and in patterns of change in perceived support across the sample. Sociocultural factors primarily explain differences in initial levels of support, but also have some effect in changes in support. Despite the increasing pressures and demands on adult children's time that are associated with social and economic development, older people in Taiwan on average feel supported by their social networks, with the perceived availability of support increasing with age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217228 A |
| Classmark | B: SR: DP: I: P6:SS: 3J: 7DP |
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