Open AccessLosing and Gaining in Old Age: Changes in Personal Network Size and Social Support in a Four-Year Longitudinal Study
Author(s) -
T.G. van Tilburg
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/53b.6.s313
Subject(s) - longitudinal study , personal network , social network (sociolinguistics) , psychology , social support , emotional support , demography , longitudinal data , ordinary least squares , older people , focus (optics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , gerontology , econometrics , medicine , mathematics , statistics , computer science , social media , sociology , world wide web , computer network , optics , physics
Previous studies have shown that most older people have a significant number of relationships. However, the question of whether the aging of old people produces losses in their personal networks remains open for discussion. This study models the individual variability of the changes affecting multiple personal network characteristics.
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