Older Persons' Perceptions of the Quality of their Human Support Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11201133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peggy Hawley (San Diego State University), John D Chamley (San Diego State University) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 295-312 |
| Publication date | 1986-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x00005973 |
| OpenAlex | W1980138442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
Fifty elders, 61–91 years of age, identified and evaluated the important people in their lives. Characteristics which typified good relationships in general were reciprocity, trustworthiness, friendliness and responsibility. Highest mean scores on the semantic differential scale were found for friends, lowest for neighbours. Significant differences between these two groups indicates that they cannot be combined. Grandchildren did not appear to play a central role in the lives of this group of elders. Spouses gave each other low ratings relative to other groups of supporters. If replicated in a larger sample, the possibility should be investigated that respondents may evaluate intimate relationships on a different ‘psychological yardstick’ than other relationships and relatively low evaluations may not indicate marital dissatisfaction
Developmental psychology · Geography · Marital status · Perception · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Semantic differential · Sociology · Trustworthiness · Yardstick · Aging and Gerontology Research · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
Foundations of social research
Women as widows
Social Myth as Hypothesis
Strain Among Caregivers
The Contribution of the Social Environment to Host Resistance1
Correlates of Life Satisfaction
Human Nature and the Social Order
Attachment through the Life Span
Neighbors and Friends
Parent-Child Relationships
Definitions of Friendship and their Consequences in Old Age
Kinship and Social Support of the Elderly
Controversial Issues in Gerontology
Supportive Networks
Social Network Interaction Among Older Adults
Social Support and Health
Interaction and Adaptation
Human Nature and the Social Order
Old Age in London and San Francisco
Intergenerational Exchange and Subjective Well-Being among the Elderly
Grandmotherhood
Cross-Sex Friendship
The Elderly Widow and Her Family, Neighbors and Friends
The Changing American Grandparent
Family, Bureaucracy, and the Elderly
The Middle-Class Adult and His Widowed or Still-Married Mother
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1990 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |