Relationship specialization amongst sources and receivers of social support and its correlations with loneliness and subjective well-being: A cross sectional study of Nepalese older adults

Aug 29, 2006Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

How different types of social support relate to loneliness and well-being in older adults in Nepal

AI simplified

Longevity & Aging on OpenScience ↗PubMed ↗DOI ↗

Abstract

Loneliness is high and subjective well-being is low among Nepalese older adults.

Social support received from children living together is associated with reduced loneliness.
Social support provided to a spouse, children living together, and friends and neighbors is linked to lower levels of loneliness.
Providing social support to children living apart is associated with increased life satisfaction.
Receiving social support from children living together and providing support to children (both living together and apart) is linked to increased life stability.
Providing social support to relatives is associated with reduced life satisfaction, while receiving support from relatives may decrease life stability in older adult men.

AI simplified

Social support, subjective well-being (SWB), and loneliness are issues of central importance in research concerned with the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people in the 21st century. However, very little is known about the situation in low-income countries such as in Nepal. The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationships significant in social support (received (SSR) and provided (SSP)) and analyze their connections with loneliness and SWB. The subjects, not suffering from dementia, were 60 years and above living in Kathmandu city. The data was analyzed using logistic regression with some confounding variables controlled. The results indicate that loneliness is high and SWB is low amongst Nepalese older adults. SSR from children living together and SSP to spouse, children living together and friends and neighbors reduce loneliness. SSP to children living apart increases SWB-life satisfaction. SSR from children living together and SSP to children (living together and apart) increases SWB-life stability. However, SSP to relatives reduces SWB-life satisfaction and SSR from relatives reduces SWB-life stability in Nepalese older adult men.

Full Text

Full text is available at the source.

View full text (XML) ↗View full text ↗

Relationship specialization amongst sources and receivers of social support and its correlations with loneliness and subjective well-being: A cross sectional study of Nepalese older adults

Abstract

Full Text

You found one interesting study. We’ll send the next 7.

what lands in your inbox each week:

Recent issues from the longevity & aging brief