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Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk.

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Tucker, JS; Schwartz, JE; Clark, KM; Friedman, HS
Published in: Psychol Aging
December 1999

Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk were investigated using data from the Terman Life-Cycle Study (L. M. Terman, 1925; L. M. Terman & M. H. Oden, 1947, 1959). Marital status, number of living children, number of living siblings, and number of group memberships in 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1977 were reported across middle adulthood by 697 men and 544 women, with mortality follow-up as of 1991. Initial analyses confirmed previous work indicating that marital history (men only), number of children (both genders), and organizational memberships (both genders) are predictive of mortality risk. Further analyses compared the associations between these social ties and mortality prior to age 70 and at age 70 and older. Results indicated that for men, experiencing marital dissolution and subsequently remarrying is a stronger predictor of mortality risk prior to age 70 (p = .05), whereas for women, number of children (p < .05) is a stronger predictor of mortality risk after age 70. Implications of these age-related changes in social ties and mortality risk are discussed.

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Psychol Aging

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0882-7974

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

14

Issue

4

Start / End Page

564 / 571

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Mortality
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Aging
  • Aged
 

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Tucker, J. S., Schwartz, J. E., Clark, K. M., & Friedman, H. S. (1999). Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk. Psychol Aging, 14(4), 564–571. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.564
Tucker, Joan S., Joseph E. Schwartz, Kathleen M. Clark, and Howard S. Friedman. “Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk.Psychol Aging 14, no. 4 (December 1999): 564–71. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.564.
Tucker JS, Schwartz JE, Clark KM, Friedman HS. Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk. Psychol Aging. 1999 Dec;14(4):564–71.
Tucker, Joan S., et al. “Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk.Psychol Aging, vol. 14, no. 4, Dec. 1999, pp. 564–71. Pubmed, doi:10.1037/0882-7974.14.4.564.
Tucker JS, Schwartz JE, Clark KM, Friedman HS. Age-related changes in the associations of social network ties with mortality risk. Psychol Aging. 1999 Dec;14(4):564–571.

Published In

Psychol Aging

DOI

ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

14

Issue

4

Start / End Page

564 / 571

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Support
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Mortality
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Status
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Aging
  • Aged