2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342007000600007
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Análisis de las redes sociales en la vejez a través de la entrevista Manheim

Abstract: With respect to sex differences old men seek for support mainly from their partners, while son and daughters are the main source of support for old women. With respect to age, there are changes in the figures giving support as age increases. Partners are the main figure to give support within the 65-75 years, but its importance decreases with age, while sons and daughters became more important as age of the elderly increases.

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“…The difficulty in the consensus on conceptualisation also points to difficulties in the assessment and research of social support, particularly in older people. Nevertheless, various authors have bridged these difficulties, providing interesting studies about social support in seniors (García & Herrero, 2005) or specifically about the evolution of sources of social support in old age (Meléndez, Tomás & Navarro, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The difficulty in the consensus on conceptualisation also points to difficulties in the assessment and research of social support, particularly in older people. Nevertheless, various authors have bridged these difficulties, providing interesting studies about social support in seniors (García & Herrero, 2005) or specifically about the evolution of sources of social support in old age (Meléndez, Tomás & Navarro, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos, la escala presenta adecuadas propiedades psicométricas, incluso superiores a lo informado por los autores del instrumento original. Estos hallazgos sugieren que la ESS-AM es un instrumento válido, breve y particular importancia en la comunidad psicoge--nas propiedades psicométricas (Meléndez-Moral et al, 2007).…”
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“…Additionally aging involves a loss of personal resources and a reduction of available options; consequently secondary control and acceptance strategies become very relevant at this stage in life (Martin et al, 2008;Meléndez, Tomás, & Navarro, 2007). Also in old age there is a high prevalence of physical and cognitive impairment that leads to frailty and loss of autonomy (Jylha, 2004) that might influence how older adults answer to coping inventories and scales.…”
Section: * Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%