Can positive social exchanges buffer the detrimental effects of negative social exchanges? Age and gender differences

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-52

  Fiori, Katherine L ^a   Windsor, Tim D ^b   Pearson, Elissa L ^c   Crisp, Dimity A ^d  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Social relations; Social support; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE SOCIAL EXCHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE SOCIAL EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84871610200     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339747     Document Type: Article

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