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Social support in a general practice elderly sample
Author(s) -
Lam Dominic H.,
Power M. J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930060207
Subject(s) - social support , psychology , gerontology , elderly people , emotional support , sample (material) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , chemistry , chromatography
In this study depressed elderly respondents were found to be more dissatisfied with their level of emotional and practical support than were non‐depressed respondents. However, unlike the findings obtained with younger populations, the depressed elderly subgroup were not found to have higher levels for the ideal amounts of support that they would like and, in fact, the majority of the elderly were satisfied with the level of social support that they received.