Formal and informal network factors as sources of morale in a senior center population

Howard Litwin*

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Abstract

This study examined the relative effects of senior center factors and social network attributes on the morale of a sample of senior center participants in Israel (N = 85), controlling for respondents' background characteristics. The multivariate model accounted for 56 percent of the variance in morale scores. Respondents' health was the primary explanatory factor, followed by selected attributes of participants' informal social networks. The formal network factors had a minor and partly negative effect. The findings suggest that participants' morale was shaped more by the configuration of their interpersonal social networks than by factors related to the senior center environment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-256
Number of pages16
JournalInternational Journal of Aging and Human Development
Volume48
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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