Open AccessHomeostasis Revisited: Patterns of Stability and Rebalancing in Older Adults’ Social Lives
Author(s) -
Benjamin Cornwell,
Alyssa W. Goldman,
Edward O. Laumann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa026
Subject(s) - social connectedness , social network (sociolinguistics) , interpersonal ties , social support , personal network , psychology , gerontology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , demographic economics , medicine , sociology , social media , computer science , economics , social science , world wide web
To examine patterns of change in later-life social connectedness: (a) the extent and direction of changes in different aspects of social connectedness, including size, density, and composition of social networks, network turnover, and three types of community involvement and (b) the sequential nature of these changes over time.