Social isolation and loneliness in old age: review and model refinement

GC Wenger, R Davies, S Shahtahmasebi, A Scott - Ageing & Society, 1996 - cambridge.org
This paper reviews the empirical literature on social isolation and loneliness and identifies a
wide range of published correlates. Using data from a study conducted in North Wales …

[PDF][PDF] Hispanic families in the 1980s: A decade of research

WA Vega - Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990 - JSTOR
A selective literature review covering the period of A980 until early 1990 suggests certain
changes within the knowledge base about Hispanic families in the continental United States …

Distinctions between social support concepts, measures, and models

M Barrera Jr - American journal of community psychology, 1986 - Springer
The thesis of this review is that the global concept of social support should be abandoned in
favor of more precise concepts that fit narrower models of stress-distress relationships …

The negative side of social interaction: impact on psychological well-being.

KS Rook - Journal of personality and social psychology, 1984 - psycnet.apa.org
Examined the relative impact of positive and negative social outcomes on the well-being of
120 60–89 yr old widowed women by conducting standardized interviews in 4 senior citizen …

Adult child–parent relationships

DN Lye - Annual review of sociology, 1996 - annualreviews.org
In this essay I review recent studies of adult child–parent relationships, with an emphasis on
studies using nationally representative samples. Adult children and their parents have …

Help‐seeking comfort and receiving social support: The role of ethnicity and context of need

K Kaniasty, FH Norris - American journal of community …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Examined help‐seeking comfort and receiving social support among Latinos, African
Americans, and European Americans across two contexts: in a communitywide emergency …

[图书][B] Communication and aging

JF Nussbaum, LL Pecchioni, JD Robinson… - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability
of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first …

Cultural influences on help‐seeking attitudes in Asian American students

JY Ting, WC Hwang - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is considerable evidence indicating that Asian American college students have less
favorable attitudes toward and are less likely to use mental health services than other ethnic …

A closer look at loneliness: why do first-generation migrants feel more lonely than their native Dutch counterparts?

RLF Ten Kate, B Bilecen, N Steverink - The Gerontologist, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Along with the current aging demographics in the
Netherlands, the number of older first-generation migrants is also increasing. Despite …

Intersections of race, ethnicity, and gender: Reframing knowledge surrounding barriers to social services among Latina intimate partner violence victims

EN O'Neal, LO Beckman - Violence against women, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Using an intersectional framework, this article discusses the barriers to social services that
Latina victims of intimate partner violence encounter, a drastically underdeveloped area of …