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| Differential associations of social support and social connectedness with structural features of social networks and the health status of older adults | | Author(s) | Sato Ashida, Catherine A Heaney |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 7, October 2008 |
| Pages | pp 872-893 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Personal relationships ; Social contacts ; Engagement ; Health [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The extent to which social support and social connectedness differ in terms of their associations with the structural characteristics of social networks and health status of older people are explored. 126 face-to-face interviews were conducted with community-dwelling people aged 65 to 85 in an Ohio town. Having frequent contact with network members was positively associated with social support. Network density and having network members living in close proximity were positively associated with perceived social connectedness. Furthermore, perceived social connectedness had a significant positive association with health status, whereas social support did not. Perceived social connectedness may be relatively more important to older people's health and well-being than the perceived availability of social support. Efforts to enhance older people's social relationships can be focused on developing friends and companions, allowing them to feel socially engaged in society. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090903207 A |
| Classmark | P6: DS: TOA: DN: CC: K4: 3F: 7T |
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