Substitution and compensation in the social networks of older widowed women.
Substitution and compensation in the social networks of older widowed women.
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老年丧偶妇女社会网络中的替代和补偿。
DOI:
10.1037/0882-7974.19.3.433
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发表时间:
2004
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Rook,KarenS
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作者:
Zettel,LauraA;Rook,KarenS
The death of a spouse often requires widows to derive support from other people, but little is known about the adaptive significance of such substitute sources of support. Older women (N= 322) widowed 3-30 months were interviewed 7 times over 1 year to investigate social network substitution (derivation of support from alternative social ties) and compensation (derivation of psychological benefits from these alternative ties). Three forms of substitution (formation of new social ties, rekindling of dormant ties, and intensification of existing ties) varied with the duration of widowhood. Regardless of the duration of widowhood, however, greater substitution was related to worse psychological health. Social network substitution appears to occur in widowhood, but the compensatory benefits of substitute ties are more elusive.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)