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| Formal and informal network factors as sources of morale in a senior center population | | Author(s) | Howard Litwin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 48, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 241-256 |
| Keywords | Morale ; Informal care ; Day centres ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Understanding of the contribution of formal and informal social networks as alternative sources of morale in older people is still relatively lacking in gerontological research. This study examined the relative effects of senior centre factors and social network attributes on the morale of 85 senior centre participants in Israel, controlling for respondents' background characteristics. The multivariate model accounted for 56% of the variance in morale scores. Respondents' health was the primary explanatory factor, followed by selected attributes of participants' informal social networks. The formal network factors had a minor and partly negative effect. The findings suggest that participants' morale was shaped more by the configuration of their interpersonal social networks than by factors related to the senior centre environment. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990723236 A |
| Classmark | DQ: P6: NMC: 7H6 |
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