Nonkin in older adults' personal networks: More important among later cohorts?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 633-643

  Suanet, Bianca ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo G ^a   Van Groenou, Marjolein I Broese ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort differences; Nonkin relationships; Personal networks; Social change

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COHORT DIFFERENCES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONKIN RELATIONSHIPS; PERSONAL NETWORKS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE.; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

COHORT DIFFERENCES; NONKIN RELATIONSHIPS; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL CHANGE.;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878874684     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt043     Document Type: Review

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