Life Events, Social Support, and Immune Response in Elderly Individuals

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Alex McIntosh ◽  
Howard B. Kaplan ◽  
Karen S. Kubena ◽  
Wendall A. Landmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Lymphocyte Count ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
Elderly Males

One hundred ninety-two elderly men and women were investigated to determine the effects of recent life events, psychological adjustment, and social support on lymphocyte count, controlling for nutritional status, age, education, income, and the presence of lymphocyte-altering drugs. Effects of specific recent life events were found. For elderly males, recent sexual dysfunction lowers lymphocyte count, while psychological adjustment and percentage kin in the intimate network elevates it. For elderly females, the experience of either family or legal problems elevates lymphocyte count as does frequent interaction with members of the intimate network. These results suggest that life events have very different effects on elderly men and women's immune systems. Social support has direct but mediating effects on lymphocyte count for both genders.

scholarly journals Communication Elderly-Children and Elderly-Children in Law, Social Support and Successful Aging in Elderly Men and Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Endang Nursolehah ◽  
Diah Krisnatuti
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Elderly Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Loving Care

The success of elderly life is characterized by the comforting conditions of loving care and attention from family and relatives, health and happy. This study aimed of this research are to determined the different, correlation and effect of communication with children and children in law and social support to success of life on elderly men and women. This research sample are choosen purposively as many as 60 young elderly aged 60-69 years old which is divided into 30 elderly men and 30 elderly women who still have a partner, children and children in law. The largest proportion of elderly on variabel communication elderly-children, communication elderly-children in law, social support and successful in elderly is in the medium category. Communication elderly-children and communication elderly-children in law has a significant positive correlation with social support. Social support is related and has a significant positive effect on the success of elderly life ,it mean that the higher social support will increase the success of elderly life

Life Events, Social Support, and Immune Response in Elderly Individuals

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
William Alex McIntosh ◽  
Howard B. Kaplan ◽  
Karen S. Kubena ◽  
Wendall A. Landmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Immune Response ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Elderly Individuals
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