Social exchanges and subjective well-being: Do sources of positive and negative exchanges matter?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 708-718

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Li, Kin Kit ^b   Leung, Edward M F ^c   Chan, Alfred C M ^d  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese older adults; Kinship; Negative exchanges; Positive exchanges; Social network; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 80054905589     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr061     Document Type: Article

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