Successful Aging Among Older People: How Social Support Contributes to Psychological Health
Authors
*Corresponding author. Email: wenjing.mo@soc.utah.edu
Corresponding Author
Wenjing Mo
Available Online 29 November 2021.
- 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.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
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 -