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Stress, social support, and morale: Failure to replicate age effects
Author(s) -
Calsyn Robert J.,
Roades Laurie A.
Publication year - 1991
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(199110)19:4<373::aid-jcop2290190409>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - social support , life satisfaction , psychology , replicate , stress (linguistics) , gerontology , demography , social psychology , medicine , sociology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
The present study tested the following hypotheses: (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. None of the three hypotheses was supported, contrary to prior research.