Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: DOI 10.1017/jfm.2012.13 Subject Older people -- Social conditions

Trajectories of social support in later life : a longitudinal comparison of socioemotional selectivity theory with dynamic integration theory

Creator:

Toyokawa, Noriko

Abstract:

In this study, we contrasted socioemotional selectivity theory (SST; Carstensen, 2006) with dynamic integration theory (DIT; Labouvie-Vief, 2003) using trajectories of quantitative and qualitative social support in later life. SST is a lifespan theory of motivational development (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999). There is a normative decline in social support...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Shaping social worlds : exploring relationship regulation processes in older adults' daily lives

Creator:

Mejía, Shannon T.

Abstract:

The social aspects of older adults lives are strongly linked to well-being outcomes. Social relationships in older adulthood are rewarding, but also complex, and to maintain a positive social environment, older adults must reconcile long relationships histories, negotiate changing roles, and deal with increasing dependencies. Older adults are known to...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Social regulatory processes in adulthood : responding to change and variability in proximal and distal social forces

Creator:

Mejía, Shannon T.

Abstract:

Adult development and social experiences are intertwined, which has implications for social policy, health, and well-being across the lifespan. This dissertation explores the benefit and risk that close social partners bring to adults' lives, and the efficacy and consequences of engaging social resources to maintain well-being in the face of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation