Social Support Promoting Health in Older Women

Shearer, Nelma B. Crawford; Fleury, Juliea

doi:10.1300/j074v18n04_02

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“…For example, social networks have different meanings to younger and older generations (cf. Shearer & Fleury, 2006). Therefore, our results concerning the age differences should be regarded with caution.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study

Wolff

Schmiedek

Brose

et al. 2013

Social Science & Medicine

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a b s t r a c tWhether received social support matches the actual needs of the recipient is a largely overlooked aspect in research on associations of support and well-being. In particular, studies that investigate the match of needed and received support from a within-person perspective are rare. Therefore, we investigated the daily within-person relationship of well-being and the balance of needed and received social support in a German Sample of 79 younger (23e34 years) and 88 older adults (68e83 years). Health complaints and negative affect were predicted with linear effects of received and needed emotional support and quadratic effects of the balance (i.e., difference) of these two aspects using multilevel modeling of selfreports over 20 days. The predicted beneficial association between a match of needed and received support (i.e., a support balance) and well-being was observed among younger adults. Needed support was associated with more health complaints and negative affect on the same day. The match of needed and received support is important for well-being, particularly in younger adults. Future research should account for support needed in research on received support and shed more light into the processes underlying these short-term within-person relationships of social support and well-being.

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Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study

Wolff

Schmiedek

Brose

et al. 2013

Social Science & Medicine

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“…In the qualitative analysis of the first experiment, faces with eye bags were rated as younger than those with forehead, nose and mouth wrinkles. Some studies show that eye bag wrinkles are more frequently associated with health conditions than aging (Shearer & Fleury, 2006). In the second experiment, a MDS analysis revealed two underlying dimensions in the process of age estimation: (1) number of wrinkles and (2) depth of furrows, again indicating that the quantitative component plays a predominant role in aging a face.…”

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confidence: 90%

How Much Older Do You Get When a Wrinkle Appears on Your Face? Modifying Age Estimates by Number of Wrinkles

Aznar-Casanova

Torro-Alves

Fukusima

2010

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

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The present study investigated the influence of wrinkles on facial age judgments. In Experiment 1, preadolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults made categorical age judgments for male and female faces. The qualitative (type of wrinkle) and quantitative (density of wrinkles and depth of furrows) contributions of wrinkles were analyzed. Results indicated that the greater the number of wrinkles and the depth of furrows, the older a face was rated. The roles of the gender of the face and the age of the participants were discussed. In Experiment 2, participants performed relative age judgments by comparing pairs of faces. Results revealed that the number of wrinkles had more influence on the perceived facial age than the type of wrinkle. A MDS analysis showed the main dimensions on which participants based their judgments, namely, the number of wrinkles and the depth of furrows. We conclude that the quantitative component is more likely to increase perceived facial age. Nevertheless, other variables, such as the gender of the face and the age of the participants, also seem to be involved in the age estimation process.

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“…Shearer [14] found that social support was a significant predictor of women's health empowerment, and Shearer and Fleury [13] suggested that social support helps older women to be in harmony with changes in the aging process, and thereby enhances their health empowerment. However, in this study, social support was not a factor explaining health empowerment significantly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Social support refers to receiving various forms of help through interpersonal relationships such as families, friends and neighbors [10] and it has a direct or indirect effect on health-related quality of life and health status of older adults [11,12]. Social support is also associated with health empowerment as a factor that enhances the self-confidence in personal healthcare and strengthens the ability of the community solving health problems [13,14]. In addition, empowerment of older adults can vary depending on the degree of social activity participation [15].…”

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Health Empowerment of Older Adults with High-risk of Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases

Son

Kim

2017

J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs

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Purpose: This study was to identify factors explaining health empowerment of older adults with high-risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases. Methods: Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from 148 older adults residing in two areas who have one or more of the following diseases; hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression. Results: Health empowerment had a positive correlation with health literacy and social support. Perceived health status and social activity participation showed significant contribution in explaining health empowerment. Conclusion: This study showed that enhancing perceived health status and social activity participation are vital in an effort to improve health empowerment of the population. Main findings of this study can contribute to developing health empowerment interventions to improve health behavior practices of the older adults.

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Social Support Promoting Health in Older Women

Cited by 31 publications

References 34 publications

Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study

Physical and emotional well-being and the balance of needed and received emotional support: Age differences in a daily diary study

How Much Older Do You Get When a Wrinkle Appears on Your Face? Modifying Age Estimates by Number of Wrinkles

Health Empowerment of Older Adults with High-risk of Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases

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