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Who supports whom?
— how age and gender affect the perceived quality of support from family and friends | | Author(s) | Susan A Lynch |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 2, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 231-238 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Family relationships ; Friendship ; Spouses ; Children [offspring] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The role of social support in helping people to cope with life stress has been receiving increasing attention over the past two decades. This study examined age and gender differences in the relative perception of social support across adulthood. A secondary analysis of data collected as part of the Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) data set was conducted on 1145 adults aged 31 years and over, divided into 5 age groups. Findings indicate that age and gender do affect both the perception of positive support and the perception of demandingness across different support relationships. In all age groups, men appeared to perceive spousal support as the most positive, while women seem to perceive the support received from children as being the most positive. However, all three relationships studied - those with spouse, children, friends, and other relatives - were important sources of support for both men and women. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980716410 A |
| Classmark | P6: DS:SJ: DS:SX: SN: SS: BB: DP: 7T |
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