Successful Aging Among Older People: How Social Support Contributes to Psychological Health

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211120.035How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social support; Older people; Psychological health

Abstract

This article reviews both theoretical and empirical findings on the effects of receiving and providing support on psychological health of older people, addressing confounding effects from perspectives of gender and functional status. Psychological health is the key to successful aging. It is generally agreed that receiving support benefits psychological health of old people, while the effectiveness depends on the appropriateness of the support to the demands, over-support may be harmful. Providing support is also reported to have positive effects on psychological well-being of old people.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenjing Mo
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - Successful Aging Among Older People: How Social Support Contributes to Psychological Health
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 185
EP  - 189
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.035
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.035
ID  - Mo2021
ER  -