Widowhood and illness: A comparison of social network characteristics in France, Germany, Japan, and the United States

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作者
Antonucci, TC
Lansford, JE
Smith, J
Baltes, M
Akiyama, H
Takahashi, K
Fuhrer, R
Dartigues, JF
机构
[1] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Psychol, Ann Arbor, MI USA
[3] Max Planck Inst Human Dev, Dept Gerontopsychiat, Berlin, Germany
[4] Free Univ Berlin, Dept Psychiat, Res Grp Gerontopsychol, D-1000 Berlin, Germany
[5] Univ Tokyo, Dept Social Psychol, Tokyo, Japan
[6] Univ Michigan, Dept Social Psychol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[7] Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[8] Univ Sacred Heart, Dept Psychol, Tokyo, Japan
[9] Dept Epidemiol Rech Epidemiol Neurol & Psychopath, Paris, France
[10] INSERM, Dept Informat Med, Bordeaux, France
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D O I
10.1037//0882-7974.16.4.655
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;
摘要
This study examined social network characteristics of adults aged 70 to 90 years in relation to widowhood and illness in France, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Participants were drawn from representative samples from each of the 4 countries (total N = 1,331). Resource deficit profiles based on whether respondents were widowed, ill, both, or neither were directly related to social network characteristics for German and Japanese adults, were differentially related by gender and age for French adults, and were not related to social networks of Americans. Country, gender, and age differences in total network size, proportion of close network members, and frequency of contact with network members are reported. Similarities and differences found in the associations between normative late-life deficits and social network characteristics in the 4 countries point to the importance of investigating sociocultural factors that mediate the impact of resource loss and afford life quality in very old age.
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