TY - JOUR
T1 - Formal and informal network factors as sources of morale in a senior center population
AU - Litwin, Howard
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.2190/6EAF-XKHL-FX93-EL3V
DO - 10.2190/6EAF-XKHL-FX93-EL3V
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C2 - 10400125
AN - SCOPUS:0032980397
SN - 0091-4150
VL - 48
SP - 241
EP - 256
JO - International Journal of Aging and Human Development
JF - International Journal of Aging and Human Development
IS - 3
ER -