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The relationship of stress and social support to life satisfaction: Age effects
Author(s) -
Gray Denis,
Calsyn Robert J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198907)17:3<214::aid-jcop2290170303>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - disengagement theory , life satisfaction , social support , psychology , developmental psychology , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract The present study rephrased the debate between activity and disengagement theorists using the terminology of the stress/social support literature. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) stress has more of a negative impact on the life satisfaction of those under age 75 than those over age 75; (2) social support has more of a positive effect on life satisfaction in those under age 75 than those over age 75; (3) the buffering effect of social support is stronger in the under age 75 group than the over age 75 group. The analyses supported hypotheses 1 and 2, but not hypothesis 3.