SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ITS CORRELATION WITH LONELINESS: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF NEPALESE OLDER ADULTS
SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ITS CORRELATION WITH LONELINESS: A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF NEPALESE OLDER ADULTS
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DOI：
10.2190/ag.71.2.b
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Saito, Tami
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作者：
Chalise, Hom Nath;Kai, Ichiro;Saito, Tami
本研究的目的是分析老年男性和女性之间的社会支持交换的情况，并研究在两个尼泊尔种姓/种族的老年人的孤独的跨文化效度的预测。本研究的数据来自2005年对居住在加德满都市一个病房的至少60岁的老年人进行的横断面研究。孤独感是使用基于加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）孤独感量表的三项孤独感量表测量的。社会支持的来源分为配偶、与长辈同住的子女、分居的子女和朋友/邻居。研究结果表明，老年人的主要社会支持交换是与共同生活的成年子女、配偶和朋友/邻居。结果还显示了社会支持方面的性别差异。孤独感的显著变项为从配偶获得的社会支持、提供给配偶的社会支持、子女与双亲同住。这一发现表明，在两个尼泊尔种姓/种族的老年人之间的孤独感的社会支持的预测源有很高的跨文化不变性。
The aim of this study was to analyze the situation of social support exchange among elderly men and women and to study the cross-cultural validity of predictors of loneliness in two Nepalese castes/ethnicities of older adults. Data for this study were taken from a cross-sectional study of the elderly at least 60 years old living in one ward of Kathmandu City, conducted in 2005. Loneliness was measured using a three-item loneliness scale based on the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. Sources of social support were classified as spouse, children living with their elders, children living apart, and friends/neighbors. Study findings indicate that the main social support exchange for the elderly was with adult children living together, spouse, and friends/neighbors. Results also show gender difference in social support. Significant variables of loneliness were social support received from spouse, social support provided to spouse, and children living together with both elderly parents. This finding shows there is a high degree of cross-cultural invariance in the predictor sources of social support on loneliness among two Nepalese castes/ethnicities older adults.