scholarly journals OLDER PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S211-S211
Author(s):  
Toni C Antonucci
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Good News ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The use of multiple technologies in the service of social relations in widely evident. It is not at all clear, however, that we recognize the fundamental changes in social relations that are occurring as a result. Some changes are quite positive, e.g., low cost maintenance of geographically distant but emotionally close relationships. Others can be quite negative, e.g., the lost ability to gauge emotional reactions through face-to-face contact, often resulting in unnecessarily hurtful behaviors. Preliminary data indicate that people selectively use different forms of communication under positive circumstances, e.g. to transmit good news; or negative circumstances, e.g. resolve a dispute/express anger and dependent on the nature or closeness of the relationship e.g., parent, spouse, child. We need to be mindful of the good, the bad, and the ugly of technology; and, its specific effect on the relationships of and with older people.

scholarly journals The quality of close relationships in adulthood: the role of sociodemographic and environmental factors

TIMS Acta ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Nikolina Kuruzović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parental Marital Status ◽  
The Relationship

In order to better understand the phenomenon of the quality of different types of close relationships of adults, we have investigated several determinants which define them more clearly. We focused on the relational differences of the respondents according to several sociodemographic (age, gender, employment, marital status and children) and environmental factors (structure and relationships in the family). A total of 400 males and females, ranging from 19 to 51 years, completed a general questionnaire. It collected the data related to sociodemographic and environmental characteristics, as well as the Social Relations Network Inventory (NRI), which assessed the quality of five types of close relationships. The results indicate significant differences between the respondents in the quality of individual close relationships, based on the factors of age, gender, employment, marital status and parenthood, as well as according to the factors of the quality of family relations and parental marital status. The identified differences are particularly pronounced in terms of the quality of the relationship with the mother and the quality of the relationship with the friend, which is explained by the characteristic nature of these relationships, as well as the developmental roles and tasks of the adulthood.

Walkable environment and community well-being: a case from the city of Kwun Tong

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Yu
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Objective Standard ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Survey Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between the walkable environment and community well-being of the older people in Kwun Tong, a district in Hong Kong. Design/methodology/approach Face-to-face survey interviews were conducted to collect data about perceived factors and community well-being of people aged 55 or above (N = 257, M = 71.78). Geographic information system was used to obtain geographic data to assess objective factors. Findings The results showed that perceived factors were more critical in explaining community well-being than objective factors. Originality/value This is one of the few research studies to study walkable environment and community well-being in both objective and subjective ways. The findings of this study could help policymakers and urban planners to move beyond the objective standard to better address the subjective environmental needs of older people in designing a walkable environment. The research findings also have implications for other Asian communities with similar environments and cultural backgrounds.

scholarly journals Friends, Family, and Family Friends: Predicting Friendships of Dutch Women

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera L. Buijs ◽  
Gert Stulp
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relationship Strength ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Respondent Burden ◽  
Frequency Of Contact ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Being There

Friends are important for well-being, yet who people consider to be friends is much less evident. With a novel method to examine social relationships while decreasing respondent burden (GENSI), we obtained detailed information on 25 relationships of each of the 706 respondents from a representative sample of Dutch women (age 18-40). Specifically, we examined: i) which kind of personal relations were most often identified as friends, ii) to what extent relationship strength measured by closeness and frequency of contact (face-to-face and other forms) could predict friendships, and iii) whether the importance of relationship characteristics in determining friendships differed with age. People met in school were most likely (>70%), and family members were least likely to be friends (20%). Friendships were most often close relationships with more non-face-to-face contact, whereas meeting in person was less predictive. Even with three measures of relationship strength, it was difficult to predict whether somebody was considered a friend, particularly among family. With advancing age, women reported fewer friends, but closeness and frequency of contact were similarly important for friendships at different ages. Friendships were difficult to predict, implying that individuals understand friendships in different ways, and often overlapped with other social roles like family and colleagues. In conclusion, even though friends are of considerable importance for people’s well-being, there is still much to learn about what makes a friend. These results reiterate the difficulty in getting a grip on the term “friend”, and are important for those scholars working on social relations.

scholarly journals People Are More Generous to a Partner Who Pays Attention to Them

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 147470491668731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yohsuke Ohtsubo ◽  
Chiaki Yamaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Program ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Dictator Game ◽  
Social Attention ◽  
Attention Condition ◽  
Collaborative Task ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Relationship

People use relatively low-cost signals to maintain close relationships, in which they engage in costlier exchanges of tangible support. Paying attention to a partner allows an individual to communicate his or her interest in the relationship with the partner. Previous studies have revealed that when Person A pays attention to Person B, B’s feeling of intimacy toward A increases. If social attention strengthens the bond between A and B, it is predicted that A’s attention will also increase B’s generous behavior toward A. This study tested this prediction. Participants first engaged in a collaborative task using computers. In the task, the putative partner (a computer program) either paid or did not pay attention to participants (high attention condition vs. low attention condition). In the control condition, the partner could not choose when to pay attention to participants. They then played three rounds of the dictator game with the partner. Confirming the previous finding, perceived intimacy was highest in the high attention condition, in the middle in the control condition, and lowest in the low attention condition. More importantly, participants in the high attention condition decided to give more resources to their partner than those in the low attention condition (but the difference between the high attention condition and the control condition was not significant). In addition, self-reported intimacy was positively correlated with the resource allocated to the partner. The results of this study demonstrated that social attention fosters a partner’s generosity.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF ICT AND SOCIAL NETWORKS SITES UTILIZATION ON OLDER PEOPLE’S WELL-BEING AND LONELINESS: A SCOPING REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S530-S530
Author(s):  
Daniele Zaccaria ◽  
Georgia Casanova ◽  
Antonio Guaita
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Experiment ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In the last decade the debate on ageing issues has been powered by the relationship between older people wellbeing, loneliness, Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Social Networks Sites (SNSs). A scoping review on social experiment studies, analysing the casual effect of technologies use on older adults’ wellbeing and loneliness, has been realized to support the randomized controlled trial included in “Aging in a Networked Society” project. The study aims to review the social experiments on the relationship between technology-use, older people wellbeing and loneliness, to provide a critical analysis of studies, to underline drivers and barriers in existing literature and to provide recommendations for future study and policy. 133 papers have been selected using interdisciplinary search engines (Scopus, Pubmed, Web of sciences, Google Scholar), taking into account contents and methods used. An in-depth examination of 9 experiences of social experiment have been provided, focused on six dimensions: “aims”, “design”, “sampling”, “intervention”, “findings” and “limitations". The literature show the positive effects of ICT, internet and SNSs use on older people wellbeing and quality of life. Our review underlines how the older people shown interest in ICT use to support their social relations, and how it should become a social driver. The low widespread of experimental studies impacts on the literature evidences. The main limits are related to the recruitment and sampling. Social experiment practices, based on controlled randomized trial, should be widespread to better support the evidences in ageing issue.

Dyadic and group perspectives on close relationships

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Laursen
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Relations Model ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Data Analytic

Recent advances in the study of close relationships hold the potential for new insignts into the significance of interdependence and the mechanism of relationship influence. The papers in this special issue apply two new data analytic techniques to the study of family and friend relationships. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model incorporates the perspectives of both participants in a dyad into analyses that describe shared and unique views of the relationship. The Social Relations Model incorporates the perspectives of all members of a group into analyses that ascribe views unique to individuals and relationships, and views shared by the entire group. Developmental applications of techniques originally designed for concurrent interdependent data are described with the aim of advancing these analytic procedures to the study of lifespan human development.

scholarly journals Experiencing Jealousy in Close Relationships and Psychological Well-Being of Adult Men and Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-59
Author(s):  
Tatyana P. Opekina ◽  
Anastasia A. Golubeva
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines the phenomenon of jealousy in close (romantic) relationships of adults. The article presents the results of a study on the experience of jealousy of adult men and women in close relationships. Based on qualitative research (interviews) and quantitative data processing, the author analyzes the strength of jealousy in relationships between men and women. The negative connections of the power of jealousy with the components of psychological and subjective well-being are described. The article provides data on the specific characteristics of romantic attachment inherent in adults with a high power of jealousy in relationships: frustration, ambivalence, a tendency to “grow together” with a partner. It is described that the strength of partners' jealousy is negatively related to their satisfaction with the relationship. Sex differences in reactions to jealousy, an increase in the strength of emotional reactions to jealousy with an increase in the duration of the relationship are analyzed.

The Relationship Between Antioxidant Nutrient Intake and Cataracts in Older People

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodríguez-Rodríguez ◽  
Ortega ◽  
López-Sobaler ◽  
Aparicio ◽  
Bermejo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Older People ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Protective Effect ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
Institutionalized Elderly ◽  
Weighing Method ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between the intake of antioxidant nutrients and the suffering of cataracts in 177 institutionalized elderly people (61 men and 116 women) aged ≥ 65 years. Dietary intake was monitored for 7 consecutive days using a "precise individual weighing" method. Subjects, who during their earlier years were exposed by their work to sunlight, had a greater risk of suffering cataracts (OR = 3.2; Cl: 1.1–9.3, P < 0.05) than those who worked indoors. A relationship was found between increased vitamin C intake and a reduced prevalence of cataracts (i.e., when comparing those above P95 for vitamin C intake with those below P5; (OR = 0.08; Cl: 0.01–0.75, P 0.05). Among subjects with cataracts, 12.1% had vitamin C intakes of < 61 mg/day (P10) and only 2.2% had intakes of > 183 mg/day (P95) (p < 0.01). Subjects who consumed > 3290 μg/day (P95) of lutein were less likely to have cataracts (OR = 0.086; Cl: 0.007–1.084; p < 0.05) than those whose consumption was < 256 μg/day (P5). In men, high intakes of zeaxanthin seemed to provide a protective effect against the problem (OR = 0.96; Cl: 0.91–0.99; p < 0.05). The results suggest an association exists between exposure to sunlight and the development of cataracts, and that vitamin C, lutein, and zeaxanthin offer some protection against this disorder.

Attachment and Field Dependence: Individual Differences in Information Processing

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Vermigli ◽  
Alessandro Toni
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Adult Age ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Figure Test ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Measure Field

The present research analyzes the relationship between attachment styles at an adult age and field dependence in order to identify possible individual differences in information processing. The “Experience in Close Relationships” test of Brennan et al. was administered to a sample of 380 individuals (160 males, 220 females), while a subsample of 122 subjects was given the Embedded Figure Test to measure field dependence. Confirming the starting hypothesis, the results have shown that individuals with different attachment styles have a different way of perceiving the figure against the background. Ambivalent and avoidant individuals lie at the two extremes of the same dimension while secure individuals occupy the central part. Significant differences also emerged between males and females.

The Influence of Cognitive and Affective Reactions to Feedback on Subsequent Goals

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remus Ilies ◽  
Timothy A. Judge ◽  
David T. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Business School ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Dispositional Measure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reactions To Feedback

This paper focuses on explaining how individuals set goals on multiple performance episodes, in the context of performance feedback comparing their performance on each episode with their respective goal. The proposed model was tested through a longitudinal study of 493 university students’ actual goals and performance on business school exams. Results of a structural equation model supported the proposed conceptual model in which self-efficacy and emotional reactions to feedback mediate the relationship between feedback and subsequent goals. In addition, as expected, participants’ standing on a dispositional measure of behavioral inhibition influenced the strength of their emotional reactions to negative feedback.

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