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- Zingmark, Karin, et al.
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The experience of being at home throughout the life span. Investigation of persons aged from 2 to 102
- 1995
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In: The International Journal of Aging & Human Development. - 0091-4150 .- 1541-3535. ; 41:1, s. 47-62
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- One hundred and fifty persons aged two to 102 narrated their experiences related to the phenomenon 'being at home.' Several common interdependent and interrelated aspects of the experience of being at home were identified throughout the life span. These aspects are believed to entail cognitive, emotional, and conative dimensions of the experience: safety, rootedness, harmony, joy, privacy, togetherness, recognition, order, control, possession, nourishment, initiative, power, freedom. The sense of being related was found to be a common condition of the experience of being at home, i.e., related to significant others, significant things, significant places, significant activities, oneself, and transcendence. In the process of maintaining the experience of being at home throughout life the phenomena 'being given a home,' 'creating a home,' 'sharing a home,' and 'offering a home' were integral parts. A progression in the experience of being at home throughout the life span was identified.
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- McCamish-Svensson, C, et al.
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Social relationships and health as predictors of life satisfaction in advanced old age: results from a Swedish longitudinal study
- 1999
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In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development. - 0091-4150. ; 48:4, s. 301-324
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This longitudinal study examines the relationship between family and friend social support, health, and life satisfaction for a single cohort of eighty-year-old persons living in Lund, Sweden. Results indicate that participants who remained in the study are healthier and score higher on life satisfaction when compared with those who either drop-out or die prior to age eighty-three. Even though well-integrated with family and friends, the number of friends decreases significantly from eighty to eighty-three years; those who reported no close friends nearly doubled from eighty to eighty-three years. However, for those with close friends, contact with friends increases with age. In contrast to previous research, a correlational analysis indicates that neither child nor friend support is related to life satisfaction at either eighty or eighty-three years. However, health measures and satisfaction with sibling contact are related to total life satisfaction at age eighty-three only. These findings indicate the multidimensionality of both social support and life satisfaction for the old-old.
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