Beyond the Nuclear Family: Children’s Social Networks and Depressive Symptomology

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Dementia Caregiving in the Context of Late‐Life Remarriage: Support Networks, Relationship Quality, and Well‐being

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The Convoy Model and Later‐Life Family Relationships

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Early prediction of attachment security: A multivariate approach

This study was designed to explore the possibility that variations in attachment security exhibited by infants in the Ainsworth Strange Situation at 13 months could be predicted from the behavior of mothers and infants in an analogous preseparation, separation and reunion situation at 7 months, when specific attachments begin to emerge. Data obtained on a large sample of 7-month-old infants and their mothers were subjected to factor analyses to identify important variables and interrelationships. Based on these analyses, variables were incorporated into multiple discriminant function analyses of a subsample of infants, with infant attachment classification at 13 months as the criterion. The results suggest that a) attachment security at the end of the first year can be significantly predicted from a brief observation of mother-infant interaction at seven months; b) predictability is influenced by observational context (e.g., preseparation vs reunion); and c) multivariate procedures are useful in detecting relationships and continuities among attachment indices.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/24937/1/0000364.pd

P4‐655: Addressing Ad Health Disparities Through A Cultural Lens

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Extending the Intergenerational Stake Hypothesis: Evidence of an Intra‐individual Stake and Implications for Well‐being

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Privacy Considerations when Designing Social Network Systems to Support Successful Ageing

A number of interventions exist to support older adults in ageing well and these typically involve support for an active and sociable ageing process. We set out to examine the privacy implications of an intervention that would monitor mobility and share lifestyle and health data with a community of trusted others. We took a privacy-by-design approach to the system in the early stages of its development, working with older adults to firstly understand their networks of trust and secondly understand their privacy concerns should information be exchanged across that network. We used a Johari Windows framework in the thematic analysis of our data, concluding that the social sharing of information in later life carried significant risk. Our participants worried about the social signaling associated with data sharing and were cautious about a system that had the potential to disrupt established networks

Assessing Change in Social Support During Late Life

The purpose of this study is to evaluate change in 14 measures of social support with data provided by a nationwide longitudinal study of older adults. 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.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68866/2/10.1177_0164027599214002.pd

An examination of sex differences in social support among older men and women

This paper is designed to empirically investigate sex differences in social support. Several types of sex differences are examined, including quantity and quality of support, the relationship between quantitative and qualitative measures of support, the number and source of support provided and received, and the relative predictive power of quality and quantity of support on well-being. The data are taken from the Supports of the Elderly, a national survey of older people (Kahn and Antonucci, 1984). Included in the present study are 214 men and 166 women ranging in age from 50 to 95 who are married and have at least one child. The analyses reveal that women have larger networks and receive supports from multiple sources, while men tend to rely on their spouses exclusively. Men report greater satisfaction with marriage than women. Quantitative supports are more related to qualitative supports for women than for men. For both sexes, the quality of support rather than the quantity of support has significantly greater effects on well-being; both the quantity and quality of social support have a greater impact on the well-being of women compared to men.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45580/1/11199_2004_Article_BF00287685.pd

Marriage, social integration and loneliness in the second half of life: A comparison of Dutch and german men and women

Contains fulltext : 55589.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)Although marriage is usually considered to be socially integrative, some studies indicate that it can be privatizing, enclosing couples in isolated dyads. This study compared the availability of support, companionship, and negative relational experiences in various types of relationships for married men and women aged 40 to 85 years in the Netherlands and Germany. The Dutch demonstrated a more varied pattern of relationships beyond the nuclear family than the Germans but also reported worrying about a greater variety of people. In both countries, men relied more strongly on their partners, whereas women had more varied networks and experienced more worries. A continuum of social involvement can be drawn with German men, for whom marriage is privatizing, at one end and Dutch women, for whom marriage is highly socially integrating, at the other. Loneliness was related to the provisions of social relations, but no national and gender differences in predictors of loneliness were found.17 p