Accounting for changes in social support among married older adults: Insights from the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.

Gurung, Regan A. R.; Taylor, Shelley E.; Seeman, Teresa E.

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.487

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“…Being a woman with cancer was associated with receiving a lower amount of spousal support than a man with cancer receives. This is in line with the support-gap hypothesis (Belle, 1982), stating that men receive more from women than vice versa (see also Gurung et al, 2003). Our study added a time perspective to this hypothesis, pointing to a differential development of support received and provided within a half-year period (see also Schwarzer & Gutiérrez-Doña, 2005).…”

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“…Glynn et al, 1999;Goldsmith & Dun, 1997;Neff & Karney, 2005). The question of how much support is received and how much is provided by men and women is a controversial topic (Gurung et al, 2003). Women provide more emotional support to both men and women, and, on average, they seem to get more help in return (Klauer & Winkeler, 2002).…”

Section: Gender Differences In Received and Provided Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emotional support for men and women with cancer: Do patients receive what their partners provide?

Luszczynska¹,

Boehmer

Knoll

et al. 2007

Int. J. Behav. Med.

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such as their network of friends or professional help, may need to be identified. A couple-coping intervention could be implemented to help partners learn about each other's needs in times of crisis and ways to cope with adversity. Key words: social support, spouses, cancer, coping, couples, dyadic copingDiagnosis and treatment of cancer are challenging to both patients and their partners. An acute medical situation can turn into a chronic condition when treatment is not successful or when side effects of surgery and therapy lead to severe life constraints. Patients may live with a constant threat of recurrence, experience compromised quality of life, and undergo vocational, emotional, and social changes. In these times of need, partners play an important role in patients'

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Gender Differences In Received and Provided Social Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional support for men and women with cancer: Do patients receive what their partners provide?

Luszczynska¹,

Boehmer

Knoll

et al. 2007

Int. J. Behav. Med.

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“…The results of this study indicate that older women have higher levels of satisfaction with social support than elderly men do. This result is in accordance with other studies (e.g., Gurung, Taylor and Seeman, 2003), which state that gender is often one of the greatest predictors of social support, and that women receive and give more life-long support, and experience benefits of that support from their social interactions. Likewise, there are statistically significant differences regarding satisfaction with friends, as did the results reported by Bell (1981), who states that older women have close friends and they care more about their friendships than men do.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Depressão E Suporte Social Na Velhice

Pimentel¹,

Afonso²,

Pereira³

2012

Psic., Saúde & Doenças

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There is a high incidence of depression in old age, being its prevalence higher in institutionalized elderly, which is sometimes related to the threat or actual rupture of affective bonds and support. This research aims at assessing depressive symptoms and satisfaction with social support, and their association, in institutionalized elderly. A cross-sectional and descriptive design was developed. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Satisfaction with Social Support Scale were applied to 117 institutionalized Portuguese elderly, older than 65 years. The results indicated a high incidence of depression in the institutionalized elderly (73.5%). The level of depression tends to be higher in the elderly over 75 years old (t(115)=-2. 115, p=.037, M=17.88, SD=8.17) and who did not enter the nursing home by their own initiative (t(115)=-2. 586, p=.011, M=19.05, SD=7.64). The average satisfaction with social support was high (M=58.59, SD=6.93), the older female participants presented the highest satisfaction rate with social support (t(115)=-2. 456, p=.016, M=59.49, SD=6.01). The results obtained also report a significant negative correlation (r=-.36, p<.01) between the levels of depressive symptoms and the levels of satisfaction with social support. The results suggest that social support can mitigate depressive symptoms in the elderly. Keywords-Aging, Depression, Social Support, Institutionalization. ________________________________________________________________ DEPRESSÃO E SUPORTE SOCIAL NA VELHICE RESUMO: Existe uma elevada incidência de depressão na velhice, sendo a prevalência maior em pessoas idosos institucionalizadas, o que, poderá estar relacionado com a ameaça ou rutura de laços afetivos e de suporte. Este estudo tem como objetivo avaliar os sintomas depressivos, a satisfação com o apoio social e a relação entre estas variáveis, em idosos institucionalizados. Foi desenvolvido um estudo transversal e descritivo. Foi aplicado um questionário sócio-demográfico, a Escala de Depressão Geriátrica e a escala de satisfação com o apoio social a 117 pessoas idosas portuguesas, com mais de 65 anos e que residiam em instituições. Os resultados indicaram uma alta incidência de depressão em idosos institucionalizados (73,5%). O nível de depressão tende a ser maior nos idosos com mais de 75 anos (t(115) 11, p=0,03, M=17,88, DP = 8,17) e nos idosos que não ingressaram no lar por iniciativa própria (t (115) 58, p=0,01, M= 19,05, DP= 7,64). A média de satisfação com o apoio social foi elevada (M=58,59, DP= 6,93), sendo as participantes mais velhas do sexo feminino as que apresentaram a maior taxa de satisfação com o suporte social (t(115)= -2, 45, p=0,01, M=59,49, DP=6,01 ). Os resultados obtidos indicam, igualmente, uma correlação negativa significativa (r= -0,36, p<0,01) entre a sintomatologia depressiva e os níveis de satisfação com o suporte social. Os resultados sugerem que o apoio social pode atenuar os sintomas depressivos em idosos. Palavras-Chave-Velhice, Depressão, Su...

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“…Another point is that we were not able to draw direct comparisons between countries since we did not have access to data using the same instruments from the United States, as we had in the comparison with Germany (Stevens & Westerhof, 2006). The measures involved in this study are typical of those used in large surveys (Acitelli & Antonucci, 1994;Gurung et al, 2003). Respondents were asked to identify providers and receivers of specific kinds of support, as well as companions in leisure activities, after earlier identifying members of the core network.…”

Section: Shortcomingsmentioning

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Partners and others: Social provisions and loneliness among married Dutch men and women in the second half of life

Stevens¹,

Westerhof²

2006

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The main goal of this article was to test whether the perceived availability of social provisions within and outside marriage in a representative Dutch sample of men and women in late adulthood would differ from findings from similar studies in the United States. We predicted that there would be more similarity between married men and women in self-reported social relationships, social provisions, and loneliness in the more feminine culture of The Netherlands than is often reported in research from the United States, where the dominant culture is more masculine. Data are from the Dutch Aging survey that involved a representative sample of 983 people between the ages of 40 and 85. As predicted, we found similarity between men and women in the size and composition of core networks, the provision of emotional support to and from the partner, and in the provision of instrumental support to others. Contrary to our hypothesis, women exchanged more emotional support with friends, children, and other family and identified these persons more often as companions in leisure activities. Despite the women’s greater reported involvement in other relationships, these men were not lonelier than were women. For both men and women, social provisions from close relationships beyond the partner relation contributed to alleviating loneliness.

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Accounting for changes in social support among married older adults: Insights from the MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.

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Emotional support for men and women with cancer: Do patients receive what their partners provide?

Emotional support for men and women with cancer: Do patients receive what their partners provide?

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Partners and others: Social provisions and loneliness among married Dutch men and women in the second half of life

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