Social Support and Well-Being: Preliminary Indicators Based on Two Samples of the Elderly.

Levitt, Mary J.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1986

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Social Support and Well-Being: Preliminary Indicators Based on Two Samples of the Elderly.

Levitt, Mary J.; And Others

International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v21 n1 p61-77 1985-86

Compared structure of social support and its relation to health, affect, and life satisfaction for national representative sample of elderly and a distressed sample from South Miami Beach. Stronger relationships were found between support network size and affect and between affect, life satisfaction, and health in the South Miami Beach sample. (Author/NRB)

Descriptors: Affective Measures, Health, Life Satisfaction, National Surveys, Older Adults, Sex Differences, Social Isolation, Social Support Groups, Well Being

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