Neighborhood conditions and helping behavior in late life

作者：Krause Neal^*

来源：Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2011, 31(1): 62-69.

DOI：10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.11.003

• Neighborhood
• Hostility
• Social support
• Latent variable models

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a latent variable model that explores the ways in which social structural factors influence the amount of social support that older adults provide to their social network members. Neighborhood conditions play a key role in this conceptual scheme. The findings provide support for the following conceptual linkages: (1) low parental education is associated with low respondent education; (2) older people with less education encounter more economic difficulty; (3) greater financial problems are associated with living in a rundown neighborhood; (4) older individuals who live in dilapidated neighborhoods are more hostile; and (5) older adults who are hostile are less likely to provide social support to their social network members. Research indicates that helping others is a key to successful aging. Ways must be found to help economically disadvantaged elders provide support to their social network members.

• 出版日期2011-3