Is reciprocity always beneficial? Age differences in the association between support balance and life satisfaction

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Li, Tianyuan ^a   Fok, Hung Kit ^b   Fung, Helene H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

age differences; life satisfaction; reciprocity; source of support; type of support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959403644     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.551340     Document Type: Article

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