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Social Support Coverage and the Well-Being of Elderly Widows and Married Women
dc.contributor.authorGreene, Ritsukoen_US
dc.contributor.authorFeld, Sheilaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T19:44:31Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T19:44:31Z
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.identifier.citationGREENE, RITSUKO; FELD, SHEILA (1989). "Social Support Coverage and the Well-Being of Elderly Widows and Married Women." Journal of Family Issues 1(10): 33-51. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67716>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0192-513Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/67716
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between social support coverage and well-being was examined in four subgroups from a national sample of women ages 50 and older: first married (N = 151), widows (N = 144), widows within the last five years (n = 60), and widows for longer than five years (n = 84). The index of support coverage represented how many of six functions were carried out by at least one supporter. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) that support coverage is associated with well-being in all subgroups, and (2) that social support is more strongly associated with well-being in the subgroups experiencing higher stress, that is, widows more than married women and recent widows more than long-term ones. The hypotheses were not supported. Instead, the relationships between social support and well-being were positive in some groups and negative in others. The importance of considering the causal directions of links between social support and well-being and the possible negative consequences of receiving social support are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE PUBLICATIONSen_US
dc.titleSocial Support Coverage and the Well-Being of Elderly Widows and Married Womenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/67716/2/10.1177_019251389010001002.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/019251389010001002en_US
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