Attachment, Social Support and Well-being in Young and Older Adults

Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Sideridis, Georgios D.

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“…In particular, older adults appear more dismissive and less preoccupied (Kafetsios & Sideridis 2006;Magai et al 2001;Magai, Hunziker, Mesias, & Culver 2000;Zhang & Labouvie-Vief 2004). In one study of 800 older European and African American adults aged 65 to 86 years, 78% of the sample was classified as dismissive avoidant and only 22% as secure (Magai et al 2001); percentages among younger samples are more typically 22-30% avoidant and 55-65% secure (Magai et al 2001).…”

Section: Attachment In Late Lifementioning

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Late Life Attachment in Context: Patterns of Relating Among Men and Women from Seven Ethnic Groups

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Consedine

Magai

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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The purpose of the present study was to develop the later life attachment literature by providing data contrasting patterns of attachment among 616 older men and women (aged 50 to 70) from seven ethnic groups in the United States: African Americans, English-speaking Caribbeans, Haitians, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Eastern Europeans, and European Americans. A multivariate analysis of the variance with ethnicity, gender, and income as factors predicting four dimensional styles of attachment (secure, dismissive, preoccupied, and fearful avoidant) revealed numerous ethnic differences in attachment styles. Most notably, Haitians reported greater dismissiveness than all other groups, with Eastern Europeans reporting more than Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, European Americans and African Americans. Haitians also reported lower fearful avoidance than all other groups. Dominicans and Puerto Ricans reported greater preoccupation than Haitians, African Americans, and English-speaking Caribbeans. The most notable interactions with gender and income revealed that although preoccupation was lower among African American, English-speaking Caribbean, Haitian, and European American women versus men, it was greater among Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Eastern European women, and that whereas security was generally high among European Americans notwithstanding income, income strongly impacted attachment security in other groups. These differences are interpreted in light of ethnic differences in historical, familial, and religious contexts. This study provides a glimpse into the ethnic and cultural diversity in the ways in which older adults relate to significant others.

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Section: Attachment In Late Lifementioning

confidence: 96%

Late Life Attachment in Context: Patterns of Relating Among Men and Women from Seven Ethnic Groups

Fiori

Consedine

Magai

2008

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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“…Taken together, people are familiar with seamless communication characterized by frequent interactions with and fast reactions from their social network, which would increase perceived social support from Facebook friends. Perceived social support has been known as a key element that contributes maintaining psychological well-being (Kafetsios & Sideridis, 2006). Specifically, low level of perceived social support may make individuals feel excluded from social relationships with others.…”

Section: Roles Of Immediate Feedback In Understanding Psychological Wmentioning

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Frequent Interaction and Fast Feedback Predict Perceived Social Support: Using Crawled and Self-Reported Data of Facebook Users

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Kim

Yang

2016

J Comput-Mediat Comm

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The present study examines if Facebooking can contribute to psychological well-being and if so, which aspects of Facebook use could play a significant role. Matching crawled data with self-reported datamotivation, and social network services (SNSs), such as Facebook, seem to provide a handy way to satisfy this basic human need. Then, is this social networking related to gratifying social relationships and psychological well-being? We attempted to answer this question by examining how Facebook users actually interact with their Facebook friends. Specifically, we focused on the number of Facebook interactions Facebook users has with their friends and the speed of friends' feedback to a Facebook user's post. We propose that more social interactions and faster responses from friends could be key aspects of understanding positive role of Facebook use in psychological well-being. We also investigate whether individual differences in sensitivity to other's behaviors and feelings (i.e., interpersonal awareness tendency) play a moderating role in the proposed relationships.To accomplish the aforementioned goals, we use two sets of data: crawled and self-reported data. First, we crawled study participants' one-month period of Facebook activities. As an unobtrusive and objective measure, crawled data could provide the reports about the number of Facebook interactions (e.g., number of comments to their posts) and each of their time stamps during the month prior to the study. Second, we conducted an online survey to measure participants' perceived social support and loneliness. Matching the two data sets allowed us to examine the relationship between Facebook use and psychological well-being.

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“…Las aproximaciones multidisciplinarias sobre salud tienen bien establecido que el apoyo social se asocia al bienestar de las personas (Gallegos-Carillo et al, 2009;Gracia & Herrero, 2006;Kafetsios & Sideridis, 2006;Méndez & Pozo, 2011), tanto por sus propiedades estructurales como funcionales (Barrón & Sánchez, 2001), identificándose mejores indicadores de salud física y mental en personas que tienen acceso a procesos de apoyo versus aquellas que se encuentran en situaciones de aislamiento social (Golden et al, 2009;Ostwald, 2009). Tales consideraciones se confirman en muestras de cuidadores, pues se ha encontrado que altos niveles de apoyo, se corresponden con mejores niveles salud y bienestar (Reid, Stajduhar & Chappell, 2010;Steiner et al, 2008), mitiga la vivencia de emociones negativas (Crespo & López, 2007) tales como la ira (Márquez-González et al, 2010), estrés (Betrabet, 2009;Lavela & Ather, 2010), sobrecarga, depresión y ansiedad (Arango-Lasprilla, Moreno, Rogers & Francis, 2009;Pearce & Singer, 2006;Rodríguez-Agudelo et al, 2010).…”

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Escala de Apoyo Social para cuidadores familiares de adultos mayores mexicanos

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r e s u m e n Mediante análisis factoriales exploratorios y confirmatorios, se validó la Escala de Apoyo Social para Cuidadores Familiares de Adultos Mayores. 23 ítems con cargas factoriales ≥ 0.51, agrupados en cuatro factores explican 63% de la varianza del constructo, con valores de Alfa de Cronbach ≥0.85; se demostró que el apoyo social tiene una relación causal positiva y significativa con apoyo material (β = 0.66), apoyo práctico (β = 0.69), apoyo emocional (β = 0.6) y apoyo de orientación (β = 0.81); los valores de ajuste del modelo son ≥ 0.97. La escala validada puede ser aplicada junto con otras medidas que permitan valorar las necesidades que enfrentan las familias para generar acciones de apoyo dirigidas al adulto-mayor y a quien lo cuida. Palabras clave autores:Apoyo social, adultos mayores, cuidadores. Palabras clave adicionales:Investigación cuantitativa, psicometría, validación, análisis factorial. ABSTRACTUsing exploratory and confirmatory analysis factor, was validated the Social Support Scale for Family Caregivers of Older Adults. 23 items with factor loadings ≥ 0.51, grouped into four factors it explain 63% of the variance of the construct, with Cronbach's alpha values ≥ 0.85; was shown that social support has a positive and significant causal relationship with material support (β = 0.66), practical support (β = 0.69), emotional support (β = 0.6), and counseling support (β = 0.81), the model fit values was ≥ 0.97. The validated scale can be applied together with other measures to assess needs faced by families to generate support actions aimed at adultsenior and caregiver.

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Attachment, Social Support and Well-being in Young and Older Adults

Cited by 181 publications

References 50 publications

Late Life Attachment in Context: Patterns of Relating Among Men and Women from Seven Ethnic Groups

Late Life Attachment in Context: Patterns of Relating Among Men and Women from Seven Ethnic Groups

Frequent Interaction and Fast Feedback Predict Perceived Social Support: Using Crawled and Self-Reported Data of Facebook Users

Escala de Apoyo Social para cuidadores familiares de adultos mayores mexicanos

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