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Social network types among older adults
— a multidimensional approach | | Author(s) | Katherine L Fiori, Jacqui Smith, Toni C Antonucci |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp P322-P330 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Personal relationships ; Social contacts ; Cross sectional surveys ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Theories of social relations suggest that individuals' personal networks reflect multiple aspects of relationships, and that different constellations are more or less supportive of well-being. Using data for 615 individuals (mean age 85) from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE), the authors derived network types that reflect information about structure function and quality, and they examined their association with well-being. A cluster analysis revealed six network types: diverse supported, family focused, friend-focused supported, friend-focused unsupported, restricted non-friends - unsatisfied, and restricted non-family - unsupported. Well-being was predicted differentially by the six types. Although the oldest-old individuals (aged 85+) were over-represented in the friend-focused supported and restricted types, age did not moderate the associations of types with well-being. An holistic consideration of structure, function and quality of social networks in old age offers unique insights. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307211 A |
| Classmark | DS: TOA: 3KB: 767 |
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