Social relationships and health as predictors of life satisfaction in advanced old age: results from a Swedish longitudinal study
(1999) In International Journal of Aging and Human Development 48(4). p.301-324- Abstract
- This longitudinal study examines 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 are healthier and score higher on life satisfaction when compared with those who either drop-out or die prior to age eighty-three. Even though well-integrated with family and friends, the number of friends decreases significantly from eighty to eighty-three years; those who reported no close friends nearly doubled from eighty to eighty-three years. However, for those with close friends, contact with friends increases with age. In contrast to previous research, a correlational analysis... (More)
- This longitudinal study examines 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 are healthier and score higher on life satisfaction when compared with those who either drop-out or die prior to age eighty-three. Even though well-integrated with family and friends, the number of friends decreases significantly from eighty to eighty-three years; those who reported no close friends nearly doubled from eighty to eighty-three years. However, for those with close friends, contact with friends increases with age. In contrast to previous research, a correlational analysis indicates that neither child nor friend support is related to life satisfaction at either eighty or eighty-three years. However, health measures and satisfaction with sibling contact are related to total life satisfaction at age eighty-three only. These findings indicate the multidimensionality of both social support and life satisfaction for the old-old. (Less)
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- author
- McCamish-Svensson, C ; Samuelsson, Gillis LU ; Hagberg, Bo LU ; Svensson, Torbjörn LU and Dehlin, Ove LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1999
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Follow up study, Satisfaction, Attitude, Daily living, Social support, Familial relation, Interpersonal relation, Social interaction, Social development, Elderly, Human
- in
- International Journal of Aging and Human Development
- volume
- 48
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 301 - 324
- publisher
- Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.
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- pmid:10498018
- scopus:0032847799
- ISSN
- 0091-4150
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Occupational Therapy (Closed 2012) (013025000), Department of Psychology (012010000), Division of Geriatric Medicine (013040040)
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title = {{Social relationships and health as predictors of life satisfaction in advanced old age: results from a Swedish longitudinal study}},
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