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Changes in older Dutch adults’ role networks after moving
Author(s) -
BLOEM BRIGITTE A.,
TILBURG THEO G. VAN,
THOMÉSE FLEUR
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00210.x
Subject(s) - relocation , psychology , club , variance (accounting) , affect (linguistics) , longitudinal study , differential (mechanical device) , demographic economics , social psychology , demography , statistics , mathematics , sociology , computer science , medicine , economics , engineering , communication , accounting , anatomy , programming language , aerospace engineering
Using the convoy model (R. L. Kahn & T. C. Antonucci, 1980), this study examined the differential impact of relocation, depending on the distance moved, on the size of 3 types of role networks. A total of 890 Dutch nonmovers and 445 movers (aged 55–86 years) were selected from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Results of analyses of variance showed that the neighbor networks changed most after relocation. Long‐distance movers discontinued the largest number of relationships with fellow club members. As expected, moving did not affect coworker networks. The findings show that, consistent with the convoy model, role networks proved to be unstable. Older adults, however, restored their partial networks at the second observation by starting new relationships.