2014
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.879683
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Broadening Definitions of Family for Older Lesbians: Modifying the Lubben Social Network Scale

Abstract: Lesbian seniors have triple vulnerability (gender, sexual orientation, and age), necessitating inquiry into their social support needs, yet research about that is scare. Investigators identify relationships between social support and senior health. The Lubben Social Network Scale, Revised (LSNS-R), has provided such evidence and has been used to study many diverse senior groups. We modified it to include a Family of Choice category and qualitative questions to give context to responses among a sample of older … Show more

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“…Using the CASP tool, seven of the 10 included articles were appraised favourably and were consequently retained for data extraction, and the remaining three articles (Averett et al . , Gabrielson & Holston ) were excluded because mixed methods were employed. Specifically, Gabrielson and Holston's () article is primarily a quantitative article (instrument: Lubben Social Network Scale, Revised [LSNS‐R]), with the addition of four ‘qualitative questions to give context to responses among a sample of older lesbians’ (p. 203).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Using the CASP tool, seven of the 10 included articles were appraised favourably and were consequently retained for data extraction, and the remaining three articles (Averett et al . , Gabrielson & Holston ) were excluded because mixed methods were employed. Specifically, Gabrielson and Holston's () article is primarily a quantitative article (instrument: Lubben Social Network Scale, Revised [LSNS‐R]), with the addition of four ‘qualitative questions to give context to responses among a sample of older lesbians’ (p. 203).…”
Section: Aim and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…, Gabrielson & Holston ) were excluded because mixed methods were employed. Specifically, Gabrielson and Holston's () article is primarily a quantitative article (instrument: Lubben Social Network Scale, Revised [LSNS‐R]), with the addition of four ‘qualitative questions to give context to responses among a sample of older lesbians’ (p. 203). Notably, Gabrielson & Holston's () qualitative article that is included in this review reports on the same broad topic, social support and families of choice.…”
Section: Aim and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After these two articles present inquiry through a temporal framework, we present a series of articles related to social networks and social support. Gabrielson and Holston (2014) carry the theme of building research capacity by presenting data for how the Lubben Social Network Scale may be refined to capture how families and social support networks are conceptualized in a sample of older lesbians. Ramirez-Valles, Dirkes, and Barrett (2014) present evidence that both instrumental and emotional social support from social networks is related to more positively perceived health and mental health among older gay men.…”
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“…Inclusion of older LGBTI adults in service planning and provision requires recognition of the differing relationships and kinship ties many older adults have experienced across the lifecourse. Indeed, many older LGB adults have entered and exited heterosexual relationships during their lifetime and continue to fulfil parenting and grand-parenting roles (Willis et al, 2014;Gabrielson and Holston, 2014). Recognition of the life-stories, significant relationships and future preferences of older LGBTI service users can be confounded by two discriminatory factors: the discourse of ageist erotophobia (Hafford-Letchfield, 2008;Simpson et al, 2015) that positions older people's sexual expressions and relationships as abnormal and unnatural; and, the combined impact of ageism, cisgenderism and heterosexism which overshadows the lives of non-heterosexual and non-cisgender older adults.…”
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