The role of social network diversity in self-perceptions of aging in later life.
While the link between self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and healthy aging is well established, less is known about the association between social factors and SPA. The present study investigated whether higher social network diversity is associated with more positive and less negative SPA and whether...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16 |
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6/26/2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=178085913&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 178085913 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 6/26/2024 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 178085913 10.1007/s10433-024-00815-z ppf: 1 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.6MB tig: atl: The role of social network diversity in self-perceptions of aging in later life. aug: au: Meyer-Wyk, Frauke Wurm, Susanne affil: https://ror.org/025vngs54 Department for Prevention Research and Social Medicine, Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany https://ror.org/02qezmz13 European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy su: Community support Attitudes toward aging Cross-sectional method Social factors Social change Social networks Self-perception Active aging Research funding Surveys Regression analysis sug: subj: Community support Attitudes toward aging Cross-sectional method Social factors Social change Social networks Self-perception Active aging Other Individual and Family Services Research funding Surveys Regression analysis keyword: Network diversity Self-perceptions of aging Social roles Views on aging Network diversity Self-perceptions of aging Social roles Views on aging ab: While the link between self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and healthy aging is well established, less is known about the association between social factors and SPA. The present study investigated whether higher social network diversity is associated with more positive and less negative SPA and whether this association is moderated by age. We examined cross-sectional data from the German Ageing Survey of 2008 (DEAS; N = 6205, 40–85 years, 49.5% female). Network diversity was assessed as the number of social roles in an individual's network (such as spouse, friend and colleague). Three domains of SPA were measured using the Aging-Related Cognitions Scale (AgeCog): ongoing development (positive SPA), social losses (negative SPA) and physical losses (negative SPA). We conducted multiple linear regression models and tested for a moderator effect of age using an interaction term of age and network diversity. Results showed that at higher ages older adults with higher network diversity reported more positive SPA related to ongoing development and more negative SPA related to social losses than those with less diverse networks, indicating that age has a moderating effect. We found no association between network diversity and negative SPA related to physical losses and no indication that age was relevant to this relationship. The present study adds to evidence on the role of social networks in SPA. Our findings suggest that in certain SPA domains and depending on age, network diversity is related to both more positive and more negative SPA, which emphasizes the importance of considering domain-specific SPA. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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