A Change for the Worse: Negative Social Exchanges Are Associated with an Accelerated Decline in Self-Rated Health over Time

Authors

Jason T. Newsom, Portland State UniversityFollow
Ann McQueen, Oregon Department of Human ServicesFollow
Karen S. Rook, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Neal Krause, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Emily C. Denning, Portland State UniversityFollow

Sponsor

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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Copyright © 2022 by SAGE Publications

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https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643221083407

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