Social Support from Family and Friends and Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans.
Social Support from Family and Friends and Subjective Well-Being of Older African Americans.
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家人和朋友的社会支持以及非裔美国人的主观福祉。
DOI：
10.1007/s10902-015-9626-8
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发表时间：
2016-06
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Mouzon DM
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作者：
Nguyen AW;Chatters LM;Taylor RJ;Mouzon DM
本研究考察了来自家庭和朋友的非正式社会支持对老年非裔美国人福祉的影响。分析基于美国生活全国调查中具有全国代表性的老年非洲裔美国人样本（n = 837）。幸福感的三个衡量标准是：生活满意度、幸福感和自尊。社会支持变量包括与家人和朋友的接触频率、与家人和朋友的主观亲密度以及与家人的负面互动。结果表明，家庭接触与生活满意度呈正相关。与家人的主观亲密关系与生活满意度和幸福感有关，与朋友的主观亲密关系和与家人的消极互动都与幸福感和自尊有关。家庭亲密度与家庭接触对生活满意度的影响显著，友谊亲密度与家庭消极互动对幸福感的影响显著。总的来说，我们的研究发现，家庭和朋友关系对老年非裔美国人的幸福做出了独特的贡献。家庭和朋友支持网络的质量方面（即主观亲近，消极互动）比结构方面（即联系频率）更重要。我们的分析证实，与家庭成员的关系既可以提高幸福感，也可以损害幸福感。研究结果讨论了之前的研究社会支持和消极互动及其独特的联系，在老年非洲裔美国人的福祉。
This study examines the impact of informal social support from family and friends on the well-being of older African Americans. Analyses are based on a nationally representative sample of older African Americans from the National Survey of American Life (n = 837). Three measures of well-being are examined: life satisfaction, happiness and self-esteem. The social support variables include frequency of contact with family and friends, subjective closeness with family and friends, and negative interactions with family. Results indicate that family contact is positively correlated with life satisfaction. Subjective closeness with family is associated with life satisfaction and happiness and both subjective closeness with friends and negative interaction with family are associated with happiness and self-esteem. There are also significant interactions between family closeness and family contact for life satisfaction, as well as friendship closeness and negative interaction with family for happiness. Overall, our study finds that family and friend relationships make unique contributions to the well-being of older African Americans. Qualitative aspects of family and friend support networks (i.e., subjective closeness, negative interactions) are more important than are structural aspects (i.e., frequency of contact). Our analysis verify that relationships with family members can both enhance and be detrimental to well-being. The findings are discussed in relation to prior research on social support and negative interaction and their unique associations with well-being among older African Americans.