A Change for the Worse: Negative Social Exchanges Are Associated with an Accelerated Decline in Self-Rated Health over Time
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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by National Institute on Aging Grants R01 AG022957 (Newsom), R01 AG14130 (Rook), and R01 AG009221 (Krause).
Published In
Journal of Aging and Health
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
4-27-2022
Abstract
Objectives
Age-associated accelerated declines in physical health vary across individuals, and researchers have suggested that individual differences in decline may vary as a function of stressors. The relation of one such stressor, negative social exchanges, to accelerated declines in self-rated health is investigated.
Method: Participants are from a 2-year, 5-wave, national, longitudinal study of social relationships among older adults. Growth curve analyses are used to examine the relation of negative and positive social exchanges to accelerated changes in self-rated health, controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and depressive symptoms. Results: Individuals reporting more frequent negative social exchanges showed significantly accelerated declines in physical health. Positive social exchanges were not related to linear or accelerated declines in self-rated health over time.
Discussion
The association between negative social exchanges and accelerated deterioration in self-rated health provides general support for hypotheses that interpersonal stressors play an important role age-related physical health decline.
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DOI
10.1177/08982643221083407
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37920
Citation Details
Newsom, J. T., McQueen, A., Rook, K. S., Krause, N., & Denning, E. C. (2022). A Change for the Worse: Negative Social Exchanges are Associated with an Accelerated Decline in Self-Rated Health Over Time. Journal of Aging and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221083407
