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Positive and negative social exchanges and disability in later life
— an investigation of trajectories of change | | Author(s) | Shahrzad Mavandadi, Karen S Rook, Jason T Newsom |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp S361-S370 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Personal relationships ; Social contacts ; Well being ; Stress ; Physical disabilities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Various aspects of social ties are thought to influence the onset, progression and course of disability in older adulthood. The present study examined the extent to which distinct longitudinal trajectories of positive and negative exchanges were associated with patterns of physical disability. A sample of 482 community-dwelling older people with little or no disability from the Later Life Study of Social Exchanges, a 2-year longitudinal survey, were followed. Results identified multiple, distinct trajectory groups for positive and negative exchanges and disability. Latent class growth analysis revealed that individuals with chronically high of low positive exchanges were likely to experience low and increasing levels of disability. With respect to negative exchanges, individuals with moderately increasing negative exchanges showed patterns of increasing disability and disability remission, whereas chronically low or absent negative exchanges were associated with low and increasing levels of disability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307217 A |
| Classmark | DS: TOA: D:F:5HH: QNH: BN: 3J: 7T |
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