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| Social relationships and health as predictors of life satisfaction in advanced old age: results from a Swedish longitudinal study | | Author(s) | Cheryl McCamish-Svensson, Gillis Samuelsson, Bo Hagberg |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 48, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 301-324 |
| Keywords | Personal relationships ; Informal care ; The Family ; Siblings ; Friends ; Health [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Octogenarians ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | This longitudinal study examined the relationship between family and friend social support, health, and life satisfaction for a single cohort of eighty-year old persons living in Lund, Sweden. Results indicate that participants who remained in the study were healthier and scored higher on life satisfaction when compared with those who either dropped out or died prior to age 83. The number of friends decreased significantly from 80 to 83 years; those who reported no close friends nearly doubled from 80 to 83 years. However, for those with close friends, contact with friends increased with age. In contrast to previous research, a correlational analysis indicated that neither child nor friend support was related to life satisfaction at either 80 or 83 years. However, health measures and satisfaction with sibling contact were related to total life satisfaction at age 83 only. These findings indicate the multidimensionality of both social support and satisfaction for the old-old. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991012226 A |
| Classmark | DS: P6: SJ: SV: SX: CC: F:59: BBM: 3J: 76P |
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