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From social structural factors to perceptions of relationship quality and loneliness
— the Chicago Health, Aging and Social Relations Study | | Author(s) | Louise C Hawkley, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J Waite |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 6, November 2008 |
| Pages | pp S375-S384 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Black people ; White people ; Economic status [elderly] ; Social contacts ; Personal relationships ; Loneliness ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors used a population-based sample of 225 White, Black and Hispanic men and women aged 50-69 from the Chicago Health, Aging and Social Relations Study, to examine the extent to which associations between sociodemographic factors and loneliness were explained by socioeconomic status, physical health, social roles, stress exposure and, ultimately, by network size and network relationship quality. Education and income were negatively associated with loneliness and explained racial or ethnic differences in loneliness. Being married largely explained the association between income and loneliness, with positive marital relationships offering the greatest degree of protection against loneliness. Independent risk factors included male gender, physical health symptoms, chronic work and/or social stress, small social network, lack of a spousal confidant, and poor quality social relationships. Longitudinal research is needed to evaluate the causal role of social structural and proximal factors in explaining changes in loneliness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090605226 A |
| Classmark | TKE: TKA: F:W: TOA: DS: DV: 49: 3J: 7T |
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