Journal article
Informal Social Support and Older Persons’ Psychological Well-Being in Hong Kong
Abstract
This paper focuses on the importance and the effectiveness of various types of informal support for older persons’ psychological well-being. It examines the effects of objective measures of informal support (such as size of social networks and frequency of contact) and subjective measures (such as satisfaction with the support received) on psychological well-being of older occupants in different household circumstances (i.e.,living alone, with …
Authors
Phillips DR; Siu OL; Yeh AGO; Cheng KHC
Journal
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 39–55
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
March 2008
DOI
10.1007/s10823-007-9056-0
ISSN
0169-3816