| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Perceived reciprocity in social exchange and health functioning in early old age
— prospective findings from the GAZEL study | | Author(s) | Morten Wahrendorf, Celine Ribet, Marie Zins |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 14, no 4, May 2010 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 425-432 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Young elderly ; Personal relationships ; Citizenship ; Family relationships ; Social interaction ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Social surveys ; France. |
| Annotation | The effects of perceived non-reciprocity of exchange in three different types of social engagement on health functioning in early old age were assessed prospectively. In the frame of the prospective French GAZEL cohort study (started in 1989 with all male employees of Electricité de France and Gaz de France - EDF-GDF), data on reciprocity in three types of role-related social engagement were collected from 8679 men and 2742 women (mean age 60.4 years) in 2005. The types of social engagement were principal regular activity in everyday life, marital role relationship, and trusting relationships in civic life. In 2007, health functioning was assessed using the SF-36 mental and physical component scores, as well as self-perceived health. Multivariate regressions were calculated, controlling for important confounders including baseline self-perceived health. Consistent effects of perceived non-reciprocity in all three types of social exchange on mental and physical health functioning were observed. After adjustment for relevant confounders (including baseline) self-perceived, health effects were attenuated, but largely remained significant. Findings underline the importance of the quality of social exchange (reciprocity vs non-reciprocity) for health functioning in early old age. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100827217 A |
| Classmark | BBA: DS: IKC: DS:SJ: TMA: TMB: CC: 3F: 765 |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|