Negative Daily Events, Positive and Negative Social Ties, and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 30 (2) , 193-199
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/30.2.193
Abstract
This study examined whether positive and negative social ties moderate the effects of negative daily events on psychological distress of 110 community-dwelling elders age 60–89. In accord with the stress-buffering hypothesis, the effect of negative daily events on psychological distress significantly (p < .05) decreased as positive social ties increased. Contrary to the stress-amplifying hypothesis, negative social ties did not interact with negative daily events to influence psychological distress, but instead, had a significant (p < .01) additive effect on it.Keywords
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