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- Dozens of studies have shown that people who have social support from family, friends, and their community are happier, have fewer health problems, and live longer. Conversely, a relative lack of social ties is associated with depression and later-life cognitive decline, as well as with increased mortality.
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Apr 12, 2022 · Specifically, early life social relationships may influence current and later life health outcomes (i.e., mental, physical, cognitive) through the early development of internal working models of attachment.
- Neika Sharifian, Ketlyne Sol, Laura B. Zahodne, Toni C. Antonucci
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-818697-8.00016-9
- 2022
- 2022
Understanding how both the strengths and vulnerabilities of close social relationships affect health and well-being in later life is an important goal, particularly in view of the accelerating rate of population aging worldwide.
- Karen S. Rook, Susan T. Charles
- 2017
Aug 1, 2010 · We synthesize disparate bodies of research on social ties and health behavior throughout the life course, with attention to explaining how various social ties influence health behaviors at different life stages and how these processes accumulate and reverberate throughout the life course.
- Debra J Umberson, Robert Crosnoe, Corinne Reczek
- 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-120011
- 2010
- 2010/08/08
Late life is a period frequently marked by decline in personal health and heightened need for social support. Consequently, the social networks in which individuals are embedded assume an increasingly central role in the health and wellbeing of older adults.
- Adam R. Roth
- 2020
Jul 9, 2020 · In the present article, I review the state of the literature on social networks and health in later life. By drawing on insights from the sociology of ageing and the life course, I address new developments and current challenges within the field.
- Adam R. Roth
- 2020
Nov 1, 2001 · Mechanisms of relationship regulation in later life are illustrated on the individual level with recent empirical findings on social motivation. Close emotional ties are relatively stable until late in life, whereas peripheral (i.e., not close) social relationships are preferably discontinued.
Jan 4, 2018 · Social relationships are adaptive and crucial for survival. This review presents existing evidence indicating that our social connections to others have powerful influences on health and longevity and that lacking social connection qualifies as a risk factor for premature mortality.
