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| Family ties, physical health and psychological well-being | | Author(s) | Andrea Kay Ryan, Fern K Willits |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 19, no 6, December 2007 |
| Pages | pp 907-920 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Family relationships ; Quality ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study assesses the impact of number and quality of family ties on the health and well-being of elderly people. Measures of the quantity and quality of family ties, adjusting for gender, education and income were correlated with the self-rating of health and well-being of a sample of 534 married parents between 68 and 73 years of age from a longitudinal study in Pennsylvania. The quality of an individual's relationships with spouse, children and other family members was associated with personal feelings of well-being, but the quantity of such associations had little impact on either physical or psychological health. Researchers and those working with elderly people should not assume that the presence of family members necessarily implies that social support affecting physical health and well-being will be forthcoming. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080507202 A |
| Classmark | CC: D:F:5HH: DS:SJ: 59: 49: 7T |
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