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| Assessing change in social support during late life | | Author(s) | Neal Krause |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 21, no 4, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 539-569 |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Social contacts ; Quality of life ; Measurement ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study is to evaluate change in 14 measures of social support with data provided by a nationwide longitudinal US study of older adults. The fourteen social support measures were: contact with friends; contact with kin; emotional support received from others; tangible help received from others; informational support received from others; emotional support provided to others; tangible help provided to others; informational support provided to others; satisfaction with emotional help received; satisfaction with tangible help received; satisfaction with support provided to others; negative interaction; and anticipated support. The findings reveal that fairly substantial change took place during the three year follow-up period. More important, the data indicate that change is not uniform or systematic across the entire study sample. Instead, there appears to be considerable individual-level change taking place. The implications of these findings for the development of conceptual models as well as support-based interventions are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990824240 A |
| Classmark | P6: TOA: F:59: 3R: 3J: 7T |
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