ISSN:
2399-5300
Inhalt:
Having friends at older ages has been shown to be particularly beneficial for maintaining high subjective well-being. Moreover, due to the historically decreasing numbers of family ties, being able to preserve strong bonds with friends in old age may become increasingly more important for future generations. This study examined historical trends in the way different cohorts of older adults may maintain their friendship relations. Specifically, to examine the interaction of individual developments and cohort trends aging-vector models were applied to a large representative sample of middle aged and older adults (N = 6.205; age range = 40 to 85 years) from the German Aging Survey assessed at three time points over 6 years. The results provided some evidence that younger cohorts will probably be longer able than previous generations to maintain high levels of friendship relations in terms of number, function and quality up into old age.
In:
Innovation in Aging, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017, 02(2018), Issue supplement 1, Seite 35, 2399-5300
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volume:02
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year:2018
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number:Issue supplement 1
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pages:35
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igy023.3095
Mehr zum Autor:
Huxhold, Oliver 1973-
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