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| Health, social comparisons, and psychological well-being: their cross-time relationships | | Author(s) | Susan M Heidrich, Carol D Ryff |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Development, vol 2, no 3, 1995 |
| Pages | pp 173-186 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Social class ; Social mobility ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purposes of this short-term longitudinal study were to investigate: stability and change in social comparisons across time; the relationship between physical health and the use of social comparisons across time; whether psychological well-being is best predicted by prior or concurrent social comparisons; and the moderating effects of social comparisons. 149 community-dwelling older American women completed self report instruments designed to measure social comparisons, psychological well-being, and physical health on two occasions, 2 years apart. Worse health at Time 1 predicted more frequent and less positive social comparisons at Time 2. Concurrent, but not prior, social comparisons contributed to a number of domains of psychological well-being. Further, the effects of prior health status on psychological functioning (Time 2) were moderated by social comparison processes. Women in poorest health who engaged in positive social comparisons showed less depression and anxiety and more positive relations with others at Time 2. Little support was found for the influence of prior psychological functioning on subsequent physical health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980108202 A |
| Classmark | BD: K4: CC: D:F:5HH: T: TMM: 3J 7T * |
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