研究生: |
陳靜宜 Chen Ching-Yi |
---|---|
論文名稱: |
老年喪偶女性的家族網絡類型變化與憂鬱傾向之研究 Analysis of the Changes in Family Network Types and Depression among the Elderly Widows |
指導教授: |
林如萍
Lin, Ju-Ping |
學位類別: |
博士 Doctor |
系所名稱: |
人類發展與家庭學系 Department of Human Development and Family Studies |
論文出版年: | 2010 |
畢業學年度: | 98 |
語文別: | 中文 |
論文頁數: | 186 |
中文關鍵詞: | 老年喪偶女性 、家族網絡類型 、潛在類型轉移 、憂鬱 |
英文關鍵詞: | widowhood, family network type, latent transition analysis, depression |
論文種類: | 學術論文 |
相關次數: | 點閱:522 下載:36 |
分享至: |
查詢本校圖書館目錄 查詢臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統 勘誤回報 |
本研究旨在探討老年喪偶女性的家族網絡類型變化與憂鬱傾向。選取行政院衛生署國民健康局執行之「台灣地區中老年身心社會生活狀況長期追蹤」於1989 年、1993 年、1996 年、1999 年及2003 年面訪之五次追蹤調查資料,篩檢出60 歲以上、至少有一子女、喪偶且未再婚、能自行回答問卷的一般家戶老年喪偶女性共371 位,主要之研究發現如下:
一、老年喪偶女性的家族網絡類型可分為:倚女為主型、親屬熱絡型、倚兒為主型、家族疏離型等四個類型。
二、比較老年喪偶女性喪偶前後的家族網絡類型所佔之比例消長,老年喪偶女性在「倚兒為主型」家族網絡類型的人數比例增加最多;約有四成在喪偶前原隸屬「家族疏離型」之老年喪偶女性,在喪偶後朝其他三種保有親人互動的家族網絡類型之方向轉移。老年喪偶女性家族網絡類型在喪偶前、後以傾向「倚兒為主型」的老年喪偶女性之穩定度最高。
三、老年喪偶女性之兒子數、年齡、教育程度、居住地、經濟狀況等因素,相對能影響其喪偶後家族網絡類型。而老年喪偶女性的女兒數、時代背景、健康狀況和喪偶年數未有顯著預測力。
四、屬於「家族疏離型」或「倚兒為主型」的老年喪偶女性,其喪偶後的憂鬱程度顯著高於「親屬熱絡型」的老年喪偶女性。
The purpose of the study is to examine the changes of the complex family relationship and depression of the elderly windows in Taiwan. Using multiple dimensions of network in a latent transition analysis, we developed a typology of the family network among the elderly widows. The data come from the 1989, 1992, 1996, 1999,and 2003 wave of the longitudinal Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan, and the samples(N=371) aged 60 and above . Findings of the study indicate:
1. Family network among the elderly windows comprises four distinct patterns: daughters-depended family network, relatives-connected family network, son-depended family network, and family-detached family network.
2. The four family networks among the elderly windows are quite stable pre- and post-bereavement. Among the four family networks, son-depended family network is the major and the most stable family network type among the elderly widows. Further, 40% of elderly women used to belong to the family-detached family network will transfer to the other three positive family network types after their husband died.
3. Compared with the son-depended family network or the family-detached family network, the number of sons, age, education, living arrangement (rural area) and the economic situation affect the typology of the family network among the elderly iv widows. However, the number of daughters, the time of being investigated, the
health situation and the years of bereavement don’t affect the typology of the family network among the elderly widows.
4. Depressive symptoms were found more among the elderly widows in the family-detached family network or son-depended family network than in the relatives-connected family network. Results suggest that the connection of relatives is one mechanism through which family network types affect mental health.
一、中文部分
內政部統計處(2006)。94 年老人狀況調查。線上檢索日期:2008-11-23。
網址:http://sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/Survey/list.html
內政部統計處(2009)。內政統計通報。線上檢索日期:2010-01-01。網址:http://www.moi.gov.tw/stat/
內政部統計處(2010)。內政統計年報。線上檢索日期:2010-06-015。網址:http://sowf.moi.gov.tw/stat/year/y02-05.xls
王濟川、郭志剛(2004)。Logistic 迴歸模型—方法與應用。台北市:五南。
田芳華(2002)。調查研究流程與資料庫運用。都市與計劃,29(2),159-185。
伊慶春(2001)。華人家庭夫妻權力的比較研究,頁225-256,收錄於喬健、李沛良、馬戎主編,二十一世紀的中國社會學與人類學,高雄:麗文文化事業公司。
伊慶春、陳玉華(1998)。奉養父母方式與未來奉養態度之關聯。人口學刊,19,1-32。
朱瑞玲、章英華(2001)。華人社會的家庭倫理與家人互動:文化及社會的變遷效果。「華人家庭資料庫學術研討會」論文集,台北市。
行政院主計處(2002)。社會發展趨勢調查:家庭生活。線上檢索日期:2010-05-26。網址:http://win.dgbas.gov.tw/dgbas03/ca/society/life-91/
行政院主計處(2008)。97年中老年狀況調查。線上檢索日期:2010-05-26。151網址:www.stat.gov.tw/public/Attachment/972915445771.doc
行政院經濟建設委員會(2006)。中華民國台灣95年至140年人口推計。線上檢索日期: 2008-05-20 。網址:http://www.cepd.gov.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0000455&key=&ex= %20&ic=
行政院經濟建設委員會(2008)。中華民國台灣97年至142年人口推計。線上檢索日期: 2010-01-07 。網址:http://www.cepd.gov.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0000455&key=&ex=2&ic=0000153
行政院衛生署(2010)。98年國人主要死因統計。線上檢索日期:
2010-06-015。網址:http://www.doh.gov.tw/CHT2006/DM/DM2_p01.
aspx?class_no=25&now_fod_list_no=10980&level_no=
2&doc_no=76013index.html
吳明燁(2008)。扮「白臉」或「黑臉」?台灣父母教養類型與決定因素。台灣社會學年會,台北:中央研究院人文社會科學館。
吳齊殷、李文傑(2001)。青少年友誼網絡的特質與變遷:長期追蹤研究。青少年生
命歷程與生活調適研討會,台北:中央研究院社會學研究所。
呂寶靜(2000)。老人朋友網絡支持功能之初探。社會政策與社會工作學刊,4(2),43-90。
巫惠貞、巫有鎰(2001)。國小教師社會網絡、工作特性與工作滿意關聯性之研究:以台東縣與台北市為例。台灣師大教育研究集刊,46,147-180。
李森珪(2002)。生命盡頭的駐足回首-從社會建構過程探討台灣當代老年之生命意義。南華大學生死學研究所,未出版碩士論文,嘉義縣。
李鎧光(2004)。郁氏宗族與清末民初的上海社會。國立中央大學歷史研究所碩士論文,未出版碩士論文,桃園縣。
周玉慧、黃宗堅、謝雨生(2004)。家人關係中社會支持獲取策略之運用及其影響。中華心理學刊,46(4),329-347。
周玉慧、黃朗文(2007)。中年生活感受與憂鬱之關係:以情緒支持為中介。人文及社會科學科學集刊,19(4),439-471。
周玉慧、楊文山、莊義利(1997)。晚年生活壓力、社會支持與老人身心健康。人文及社會科學集刊,10(2),227-265。
周雅容(1996)。不同來源的社會支持與老年人的心理健康。載於楊文山 、李美玲 (Eds.), 人口變遷、國民健康與社會安全 (頁 219-246)。台北:中央研究院中山人文社會科學研究所。
林三衛(1997)。老年生活品質:非制度功能支持網路對老年主觀幸福之影響-台北為例子。東海大學社會學研究所,未出版碩士論文,台中市。
林如萍(2000)。老年父母與其最親密子女之代間關係。中華家政學刊,29,32-58。
林如萍(2008)。臺灣家庭的代間關係與互動類型。台灣的社會變遷,1985-2005:台灣社會變遷調查計畫第十一次研討會,台北市:中央研究院社會學研究所。(NSC95台灣社會變遷調查)
林如萍、伊慶春(2007)。規範、情感、交換?成年子女與老年父母的代間支持。家庭價值、行為與態度:台灣社會變遷基本調查第九次研討會,台北市:中央研究院社會學研究所。(NSC95台灣社會變遷調查)
林如萍等編(2005)。樂齡,向前行!:老人家庭生活教育手冊。台北市:臺灣家庭生活教育專業人員協會。
林松齡(2000)。老人社會支持來源與老人社會需求:兼論四個社會支持模式。台灣社會的婚姻與家庭―社會學的實證研究(217-246頁)。台北:五南。
林俊瑩、許順宗、林淑華、蔡郁臻(2005)。父母管教、自我控制、社會網絡與學生蹺課行為之關連性:以臺北市高中職為例。當代教育研究,13,81-108。
林娟芬(2002)。女性晚年喪偶適應歷程與策略。神學與教會,27(1),150-175。
邱皓政(2008)。潛在類別模式:原理與技術。台北:五南。
邱皓政(2009)。資料庫地圖芻議。跨越藩籬,追求卓越-資料庫研究與統計方法學研討會,台北市:台北市立教育大學。
胡幼慧(1995)。三代同堂-迷思與陷阱。台北:巨流。
胡幼慧、周雅容(1996)。代際的交換與意涵:台灣老年婦女的家務變遷研究。臺灣社會學刊,(20),1-48。
孫舒羚(2003)。台灣都市喪偶老人於悲傷期間之代間功能交換的價值偏好與其機制。南華大學生死學研究所,未出版碩士論文,嘉義縣。
馬財專(2003)。組織性犯罪──社會網絡分析的考察與初探。犯罪與刑事司法研究,1,97-123。
高月婷(2004)。喪偶老年婦女的照顧者經驗-一個口述歷史的初探。國立台北護理學院護理研究所,未出版碩士論文,台北市。
高淑貴、林如萍(1997)。農村老人與成年子女代間關係—代間交換的型式、內涵與影響因素分析之研究。國科會專題研究計畫成果報告編號:NSC86-2412-H002-014)。台北:中華民國行政院國家科學委員會。
張月霞(譯)(1997)。老年人的家庭支持(Family Support for the Elderly, 原作者Hal L Kendig, & Akiko Hashimoto, C.Coppard)。台北:五南出版。
張俊一( 2008)。探索老年人的運動休閒經驗-社會網絡取向的質性研究。
國立台灣體育大學體育研究所,未出版博士論文,台中市。
張研(2000)。清代生活的慢變量:從清代基層社會組織看中國封建社會結構與經濟結構的演變趨勢。太原:山西人民出版社。
張苙雲、譚康榮(1999)。社會鑲嵌與產業網絡。台灣產業研究,2,17-64。
張覺元(2005)。與君別後─喪偶婦女的生存圖像。國立東華大學族群關係與文化研究所,未出版碩士論文,花蓮縣。
畢恆達(1996)。尋找空間的女人。台北:張老師文化。
許敏桃(2001)。臺灣老人家庭照顧研究之評析:護理人類學的觀點。國家科學委員會研究彙刊:人文及社會科學。(11)2,167-177。
許毅貞(1993)。鹿港地區65至74歲社區老人態度、社會支持、健康狀態與憂鬱程度之關係研究‧國立台灣師範大學衛生教育研究所,未發表之碩士論文,台北市。
陳正昌(2006)。教育基礎研究的兩個量化基礎──資料庫及統計。發表於高雄師範大學:教育專業發展:教育研究理論與實務之整合學術研討會,高雄市。
陳正芬(2006)。從老人居住安排及未滿足需求論我國長期照顧政策。國立中正大學社會福利所,未出版博士論文,嘉義縣。
陳建良 (2005)。親子居住安排在家庭內與跨家戶成員間的權力互動。住宅學報,(14)2,51-82。
陳建良 (2004)。 夫妻間決策機制之形成及其對夫妻相對地位之隱含。社會經濟發展與婦女家庭地位:三個華人社會之比較學術研討會。台北:中央研究院社會學研究所。
陳昱茜(1995)。父母居住安排態度與家產分配態度之研究。國立台灣大學農業推廣教育研究所,未出版碩士論文,台北市。
陳峰瑛(2003)。獨居老人的社會支持與生活適應之探究 ──以高雄都會區的獨居老人為例。南華大學生死學研究所,未出版碩士論文,嘉義縣。
陳肇男(1999)。社會網絡。載於老年三寶:老本、老伴與老友(101-148頁)。台北:中研院經濟所。
陳寬政(1985)。人口轉型的形式動態。台灣大學人口學刊,8,1-22。
陳寬政(1997)。台灣地區的人口變遷與人口學的新領域:代序,人口老化與老年照護。孫得雄、李美玲與齊力(主編),人口老化與老年照護(i-xii頁)。台北: 中華民國人口學會。
陳靜宜、林如萍(2008)。喪偶老人的家族網絡類型分析。中華家政學刊,44,21-42。
傅仰止(2002)。他人聯繫的結構原理。台灣社會學,3,163-209。
曾瀝儀、張金鶚、陳淑美(2006)。老人居住安排選擇-代間關係之探討。住宅學報,15(2),45-64。
費孝通(1947)。鄉土中國。香港:鳳凰出版社。
費孝通(1985)。家庭結構變動中的老年贍養問題。現代化與中國文化研討會論文彙編(喬健編,3-12)。香港:香港中文大學社會科學暨社會研究所。
黃宗堅、葉光輝、謝雨生(2004)。夫妻關係中權力與情感的運作模式:以衝突因應策略為例,本土心理學研究,21,3-48。
黃宗堅、謝雨生、周玉慧(2004)。家人關係的測量與分類:以青少年原生家庭成員互動為例。中華心理學刊,46(4),307-328。
黃毅志(1999)。社會階層、社會網絡與主觀意識。台北:巨流。
黃毅志(2002)。社會階層、社會網絡與心理幸福。載於社會階層、社會網絡與主觀意識(頁111-143)。台北:巨流。
楊志堅、吳齊殷(2001)。潛藏轉移模式在社會學縱貫研究之應用:以青少年暴力行為發展研究為例。調查研究,9,5-33。
楊國樞(1988)。中國人的蛻變。台北:桂冠圖書公司。
楊靜利(1999)。老年人之居住安排— 子女數量與同居傾向因素之探討,人口學刊,20,167-183。
葉光輝(2005)。孝道的心理與行為。載於楊國樞、黃光國、楊中芳主編,華人本土心理學(上)(頁293-330)。台北:遠流。
葉光輝 (1997a)。年老父母居住安排的心理學研究:孝道觀念的探討。中央研究院民族學研究所集刊, 83 ,121-168。
葉光輝 (1997b)。臺灣民眾之孝道觀念的變遷情形。載於瞿海源、張苙雲等主編,九0年代的臺灣社會:社會變遷基本調查研究系列二(下)(頁171-214)。
臺北南港:中央研究院社會學研究所籌備處。
熊瑞梅(1994)。影響情感與財務支持連繫的因素。中央研究院中山人文社會科學研究所集刊,6(2)。
熊瑞梅、黃毅志(1992)。社會資源與小資本階級。中國社會學刊,16,107-138。
齊力(2000)。家庭,是社區的基本單位或對立面?網路社會學通訊期刊。線上檢索日期: 2008-9-21 。
http://mail.nhu.edu.tw/~society/e-j/08/e-j0615.htm
蔡秀美、周雅容(1995)。臺灣地區老年失偶女性的居處狀況、支持網絡和心理健康。中正大學學報,12,37-56。
蔡勇美、郭文雄(1992)。都市社會學。台北:巨流。
鄭淑子(1998)。農村老人的社會網絡與社會支持之研究。國立臺灣大學農業推廣學系研究所,未出版博士論文,台北市。
聯合國(1998)。秘書長報告(Secretary-General Kofi Annan)。線上檢索日期: 2008-12-5 。網址:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/society_newage.html
聯合國(2007)。老齡問題領域的重大發展。線上檢索日期:2010-1-5。網址:http://www.un.org/chinese/esa/ageing/facts1.htm
謝亞恆、林俊瑩(2007)。台灣地區大學生的社會網絡、學校教學品質與學校滿意度之關聯性研究。台東大學教育學報,18(1),107-139。
謝雨生、吳齊殷、李文傑(2006)。青少年網絡特性、互動結構和友誼動態。台灣社會學,11,175-236。
謝雨生、鄭宜仲(2000)。潛在結構模式在行為科學中的應用。長庚護理雜誌,11(4),36-45。
簡文吟(2001)。父系社會下的從女居現象—台灣與上海的比較研究。婦女與兩性學刊,12,65-94。
羅凱南(2001)。社會支持、人格特質、個人屬性對老年人心理幸福滿足感影響之研究。國立政治大學心理學研究所,未出版碩士論文,台北市。
二、西文部分
Adams, T. G., & Blieszner, R. (1995). Aging well with friends and family. The American Behavioral Scientist, 39, 209-224.
Admato, P.R. (1993). Urban-Rural differences in helping friends and family members. Social Psychology Quarterly, 56(4), 249-262.
Aghajanian, A. (1985). Living arrangements of widows in Shiraz, Iran. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47, 781-784.
Agneessens, F., De Lange, D., & Waege, H. (2003). Over het verband tussen sociale relaties en attitudes, waarden en normen [About the relationship between social relations and attitudes, values and norms]. In Administratie Planning en Statistiek (Ed.), Vlaanderen Gepeild, 2003 (pp. 15-51).
Aiken, L. R. (1991). Dying, Death, and Bereavement (2nd. Ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Albert, S.M., & Cattell, M.G. (1994) Old Age in Global Perspective: Cross-cultural and Cross-national Views. New York: G.K. Hall.
Allan, G., & Crow, G. (2001). Families, households and society. London: Palgrave.
Anderson, T. B. (1984). Widowhood as a life transition: Its impact on kinship ties. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 46, 105–114.
Anderson, T. B.(1984). Widowhood as a Life Transition: Its Impact on Kinship Ties. Journal of Marriage and The Family,105-114.
Antonucci T. C., & Jackson J. S. (2003). Ethnic and Cultural Differences in Intergenerational Social Support. Global aging and challenges to families.NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
Antonucci, T. C. (2001). Social relations: An examination of social networks,social support and sense of control. In J. E. Birren & K. W. Schaie (Eds.),Handbook of the psychology of aging (5th Edition, pp. 427-453). New York: Academic Press.
Antonucci, T. C., Akiyama, H., & Lansford, J. E. (1998). Negative effects of close social relations. Family Relations. 47, 379-384.
Antonucci, T. C.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Schaberg, Lynne; Smith, Jacqui; Baltes, Margaret; Akiyama, Hiroko; Takahashi, Keiko; Fuhrer, Rebecca; Dartigues,Jean-Francois. (2001). Widowhood and Illness: A Comparison of Social
Network Characteristics in France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.Psychology and Aging, 16(4), 655-665.
Antonucci, T., & Akiyama, H. (1987). Social networks in adult life and a preliminary examination of the convoy model. Journal of Gerontology,42(5), 519-27.
Arling, G. (1976). The elderly widow and her family, neighbors and friends.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 38, 757-768.
Atchley, Robert C. (2000). Social Forces and Aging: An Introduction to Social Gerontology (9th ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
Attias-Donfut, C. (2003). Family transfers and cultural transmissions between three generations in France. In B. L. Bengston & M. Silverstein (Eds.),Global aging and challenges to the families (pp. 214-250). New York: Aldine De Gruyter.
Baarsen,B.V.,Duijn,M.J.,Smit,J.H.,Snijders,T.B., &Knipscheer,K.M.(2002).Pattern of adjustment to partner loss in old age:The widowhood adaptation longitudinal study. OMEGA, 44(1),5-36.
Barnes J. A. (1954). Class and committees in a Norwegian island parish, Human Relations, 7, 39–58.
Barrett, A. E., & Lynch, S. M. (1999). Caregiving networks of elderly persons: Variation by marital status. The Gerontologist, 39(6), 695-704.
Beal C. (2006). Loneliness in older women: a review of the literature. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 27: 795–813.
Bengston, V. L. (2001). Beyond the nuclear family: The increasing importance of multigenerational bonds. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 1-16.
Bengtson, V. L., Giarrusso, R., Silverstein, M., & Wang, H. (2000). Families and intergenerational relationships in aging societies. Hallym International Journal of Aging, 2(1), 3-10.
Bennet, K. M. (1997). A Longitudinal Study of Wellbeing in Widowed Women. International Journal of Psychiatry, 11, 1005-1010.
Bennet, K. M., & Morgan, K. (1992). Health, social functioning, and marital status: Stability and change among elderly recently widowed women. Int. J.Geriatr. Psychiat, 7(11), 813-817.
Bien, W., J. Marbach, & F. Neyer. (1991). Using ego-centered networks data IV:A methodological preview on an application of social network analysis in the area of family research. Social Networks, 13(1), 75-90.
Bisconti Toni L., Bergeman Cindy S. & Boker Steven M. (2006). Social Support as a Predictor of Variability: An Examination of the Adjustment Trajectories of Recent Widows. Psychology and Aging, 21(3), 590–599.
Bisconti, T. L., Bergeman, C. S., & Boker (2004). Emotional well-being in recently bereaved widows: A dynamical systems approach. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59, 158–167.
Blieszner, R. (2006). A lifetime of caring: Close relationships in old age,Personal Relationships, 13, 1-18.
Bonanno, G. A., Wortman, C. B., & Nesse, R. M. (2004). Prospective patterns of resilience and maladjustment during widowhood. Psychology and Aging,19, 260–271.
Bonanno, G. A., Wortman, C. B., Lehman, D. R., Tweed, R. G., Haring, M.,Sonnega, J., Carr, D., & Nesse, R. M. (2002). Resilience to loss and chronic grief: A prospective study from preloss to 18-months postloss. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(5), 1150–1164.
Bonvalet, C., Gotman, A., & Grafmeyer, Y.(eds.) (1999). La famille et ses proches: L’amenagement des territoire. INED Cahier No. 143. Paris: Presse Universitaire.
Borgatta, E. F.(2000). Encyclopedia of sociology (2nd ed.). Edgar F. Borgatta,editor-in-chief, Rhonda Montgomery, managing editor. Detroit : Macmillan Reference.
Bott E. (1957). Family and Social Network. London:Tavistock.
Bowling, A., Farquhar, M., & Grundy, E. (1995). Changes in network composition among the very old living in Inner London. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 10, 331-347.
Burger, E., & R. M. Milardo. (1995). Marital interdependence and social networks. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 12, 403-15.
Burgess, E. (1916). The function of socialization in social evolution. Chicago:University of Chicago Press.
Burt, Ronald. (1992). Structural Holes. The Social Structure of Competition.Harvard Univ. Press.
Cacioppo JT, Hughes ME, Waite LJ (2006). Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.Psychol Aging. (21), 140–151.
Cain, M. (1991). Widows, sons, and old-age security in rural Maharashtra: A comment on Vlassoff. Population Studies, 45, 519-528.
Carr, D., House, J. S., Kessler, R. C., Nesse, R. M., Sonnega, J., & Wortman, C.(2000). Marital quality and psychological adjustment to widowhood among older adults: A longitudinal analysis. Journals of Gerontology, 55B,
S197-S205.
Carstensen, L. L. (1993). Motivation for social contact across the life span: A theory of socioemotional selectivity. In J. E. Jacobs (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (Vol. 40, pp. 209-254). Lincoln: University of
Nebraska Press.
Carstensen, L. L. (1995). Evidence for a life-span theory of socioemotional selectivity. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 4, 151-156.
Caserta, M. S. & Lund, D. A. (1992). Bereavement Stress and Coping Among Older Adult: Expectations Versus the Experience. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 25 (1), 33-45.
Cheng, Sheung-Tak; Lee, Coty K L ; Chan, Alfred C M ;Leung, Edward M F.,& Lee, Jik-Joen (2009). Social network types and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 64 (6), 713-22.
Chow, W. S. (1987). The urban elderly in developing East and Southeast Asian nations. In Aging China: family, economic and government policies in transition(ed. J. Schulz and D. Davis-Friedman), Proceedings of the
International Forum on Aging, Beijing, China, May 20-23, 1986, the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Chu, C. Y. C.& Yu, R.-R. (2004), “Bequeathable Assets, Kinship Pressure, and Visits by Adult Children,” manuscript.
Cicirelli, V. G. (1995). Sibling relationships across the life span. New York:Plenum Press.
Cicirelli, V. G. (2002). Older adults’ views on death. New York: Springer Publishing.
Clogg, C. C. (1995). Latent Class Models. In G..Arminger, C. C. Clogg, & M.E. Sobel(eds.). Handbook of Statistical Modeling for the Social and Behavioral Science (pp. 311-359). New York: Plenum.
Cohen J., &Sokolovsky, C.I. (1980). Measuring Social-Interaction of The Urban Elderly - A Ethodological Synthesis. International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 13 (3), 233-244.
Cohen, G. D.(1999). Marriage and divorce in later life (Editorial). American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 7, 185-187.
Cohen, S., & Wills, T. (1985). Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 310–355.
Coleman, James S. (1990) Foundations of social Theory. Cambridge,Massachusetts: The Bellknap Press of Harvard.
Collins, Randall (1988). Theoretical Sociology. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Connidis, I. A., & Campbell, L. D.(1995). Closeness, confinding, and contact among siblings in middle and late adulthood. Journal of Family Issues,16(6),722-745.
Connidis, I. A., & Davies, L. (1992). Confidants and companions: Choices in later life. Journal of Gerontology, 47B, S115–S122.
Cowgill, D.O. (1972). Aging and modernization. New York,
Appleton-Century-Crofts.
DaVanzo, J., & Chan, A. (1994). Living arrangements of older Malaysians: Who coresides with their adult children? Demography, 31, 95-113.
Davis, M.A., Moritz, D.J., Neuhaus, J.M., Barclay, J.D., & Gee. L. (1997).Living dwelling older adults. American Journal of Public Health, 87,371-377.
De Jong Gierveld, J., & van Tiburg, T. G. (1995). Social relationships,integration and loneliness. In C. P. M. Knipscheer, J. de Jong Gierveld, T. G.van Tilburg, & P. A. Dykstra (eds.), Living arrangements and social networks of older adults (pp. 155-72). Amsterdam: Free University Press.
Donelson R. F. (1990). Group Formation. Group Dynamics. California: Pacific Grove.
Dowd, James J. (1975). Aging as Exchange: A Preface to Theory. Journal of Gerontology, 30, no. 5, pp.584-594.
Dykstra, P. A. (1990). Next of (non) kin. Amsterdam: Swets and Zeitlinger.
Elder, G. H., Jr., & Johnson, M. K., & Crosnoe, R. (2003). The emergence and development of life course theory. In J. T. Mortimer, & M. J. Shanahan(Eds.), Handbook of the Life Course (pp.3-19). NY: Plenum Publishers.
Emirbayer, Mustafa & Jeff Goodwin (1994). Network Analysis, Culture, and the Problem of Agency. American Journal of Sociology, 99, 1411-1454.
Estes, C. L. & Michel, M. (1999). Fact sheet on women and Social Security,Gerontological Society of America Task Force on Women. Washington, DC:Gerontological Society of America.Federal Interagency Forum (2006). Retrieved January 5, 2010,from http://www.agingstats.gov/Agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/Data_2006.aspx
Feldman, S., Byles, J. E., & Beaumont, R.(2000). “Is anybody listening?” The experiences of widowhood for older Australian women. Journal of Women and Aging, 12, 155-176.
Ferraro, K. F. (1989). Widowhood and health. InK. S. Markides & C. L.Cooper (eds.), Aging, Stress and Health . Wiley, Chichester.
Ferraro, K. F., & Barresi, C. M. (1982). The impact of widowhood on the social relations of older persons. Research on Aging, 4, 227-247.
Filipp, S-H., & Klauer, T. (1991). Subjective well-being in the face of critical life events: The case of successful copers. In F. Strack, M. Argyle, & N.Schwarz (Eds.), Subjective well-being: An interdisciplinary perspective (pp.
213–234). Oxford, England: Pergamon Press.
Fiori, K. L., Antonucci, T. C., & Cortina, K. S. (2006). Social network typologies and mental health among older adults. Journals of Gerontology :Psychological Sciences, 61B, 1,25–32.
Fiori, Katherine L., Jacqui Smith & Toni C. Antonucci (2007). Social Network Types Among Older Adults: A Multidimensional Approach. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62B, 6, 322–330.
Fischer, C. S., & Shavit, Y. (1995). National differences in network density:Israel and the United States. Social Networks, 17, 129-145.
Fischer, J. L., Sollie, D. L., Sorell, G. T., & Green, S. K. (1989). Marital status and career stage influences on social networks of young adults. Journal of Marriage and Family, 51, 512-534.
Forsyth, Elaine & Katz, Leo (1946). A Matrix Approach to the Analysis of Sociometric Data: Preliminary Report. Sociometry, 9, 340-347.
Fortunata Piselli (2007). Communities, Places, and Social Networks. American Behavioral Scientis, 50(7), 867-878.
Gannon, Linda R. (1999). Women and aging-transcending the myths. NY:Routledge.
George L. Maddox (1986). The Encyclopedia of aging, George L. Maddox editor-in-chief ; Robert C. Atchley .[et al.] associate editors ; Raymond J.Corsini, managing editor. New York : Springer.
Gerber, Irwin. Laonianxue Zazhi (1975). Anticipatory grief and aged widows and widowers. Journal of Gerontology; 30 ( 2), 225
Gerstorf, D., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (2006). A systemic-wholistic approach to differential aging: Longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study.Psychology and Aging, 21, 645–663
Gibbs, J. M. (1981). Significant other relationships: Their location and importance for the older widow. ERIC-NO: ED214098.
Goldman, N., Koreman, S., & Weinstein, R. (1995). Marital status and health among the elderly. Social Science and Medicine, 40, 1717-1730.
Goodboy, Alan K.; Myers, Scott A.; Patterson, Brian R.(2009). Investigating Elderly Sibling Types, Relational Maintenance, and Lifespan Affect,Cognition, and Behavior. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 17(3),140-148.
Goody J. (1996). Comparing family systems in Europe and Asia: Are there different sets of rules? Population and Development Review, 1-20.
Granovetter, Mark S. (1995). Getting a Job: A study of Contacts and Careers(2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Grieco, M. (1987). Keeping it in the family. London/New York: Tavistock.
Guiauax, M., van Tilburg, T., & Broese van Groenou, M. (2007). Changes in contact and support exchange in personal networks after widowhood.Personal Relationships, 14, 457-473.
Hagedoorn, M., Van Yperen, N. W., Coyne, J. C., van Jaarsveld, C. H. M.,Ranchor, A. V., van Sonderen, E., et al. (2006). Does marriage protectolder people from distress? The role of equity and recovery of bereavement.
Psychology and Aging, 21, 611–620.
Hahn, Sylvia (2002). Women in Older Ages-Old Women? History of the Family;7(1),33-58.
Haines, Valerie A. (1988). Social Network Analysis, Structuration Theory and the Holism-Individualism Debate. Social Networks, 10, 157-182.
Havighurst, R. J. (1972). Developmental tasks and education. New York: David McKay Company.
Hegge,M.(1991).A qualitative retrospective study of coping strategies of newly widowed elderly. The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care,28-33.
Henderson, S. H., & Taylor, L. C. (1999). Parent–adolescent relationships in nonstep-, simple step-, and complex stepfamilies. In E. M. Hetherington, S.H. Henderson, & D. Reiss (Eds.), Adolescent siblings in stepfamilies:Family functioning and adolescent adjustment (pp. 79-101). Cambridge,MA: Blackwell.
Hofferth, S. (2005). Secondary data analysis in family research. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67, 891-907.
Hogan, D. P., & Eggdbeen, D.J. (1995). Sources of emergency help and routine assistance in old age. Social Forces, 73, 917-936.
Holmes T. H., & Rahe R. H. (1967). The Social Readjustment Rating Scale. J Psychosom Res, 11 (2), 213–218.
Hooyman, N.R., & Kiyak, H. A. (2005). Social Gerontology: A
Multidisciplinary Perspective. Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon.
House, J. S., & Kahn, R. L. (1985). Measures and concepts of social support. In S. Cohen and S. L. Syme (eds.), Social support and health (pp. 83-108).Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
House, J.S., Umberson, D., & Landis, K. R. (1988). Structures and processes of social support. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 293-318.
Hungerford, T. L. (2001). The economic consequences of widowhood on elderly women in the United States and Germany. Gerontologist; 41(1), 103-111.
Johnson, C. L., & Troll, L. E. (1994). Constraints and facilitators to friendships in late late life. The Gerontologist, 34, 79-87.
Jopp, D., & Smith, J. (2006). Resources and life-management strategies as determinants of successful aging: On the protective effect of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC). Psychology and Aging, 21,253–265.
Kahn, R. L., & Antonucci, T. C. (1980). Convoys over the life course:Attachment, roles, and social support. In P. B. Baltes & O. B. Brim (Eds.),Life-span development and behavior (Vol. 3, pp. 253–268). New York:Academic Press.
Kenneth, Heller; Merril, Silverstein & Xuan, Chen (1996). Too much of a good thing? Intergenerational social support and the psychological well-being of older parents. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58,970-982.
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Newton, T. L. (2001). Marriage and health: His and hers.Psychological Bulletin, 127, 472–503.
Kim, I. K., & Kim, C. S. (2003). Patterns of family support and the quality of life
of the elderly. Social Indicators Research, 62(1), 437-454.
Knijn, T. (2004). Family solidarity and social solidarity: Substitutes or complements. In T. Knijn & A. Komter (Eds.), Solidarity between the sexes and generations (pp. 18-33). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Knipscheer, C. P. M., De Jong Gierveld, J., Van Tilburg, T. G., & Dykstra, P.(1995). Living arrangements and social networks of older adults.Amsterdam: VU University Press.
Knipscheer, C.P.M., & Van Tilburg, T.G. (2003). Family characteristics and loneliness among older parents. In V.L. Bengtson & A. Lowenstein (Eds.),Global aging and challenges to families (pp. 143-158). Hawthorne, NY:
Aldine de Gruyter.
Kreager, Philip; Schröder-Butterfill, Elisabeth. (2007). Gaps in the Family Networks of Older People in Three Indonesian Communities. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 22(1), 1-25.
Lamme, S., Dykstra, P. A., & van Groenou, M. B. (1996). Rebuilding the network: New relationships in widowhood. Personal Relationships, 3,337–349.
Lazarus, R. S. (1993). Coping theory and research: Past, present, and future.Psychosomatic Medicine, 55, 234–247.
Lee, Yean-Ju, Williams L. Parish & Robert J. W.(1994). Sons, Daughters and Intergenerational Support in Taiwan. American Journal of sociology, 99-4,1010-1041.
Lillard, L.A. & Willis, R.J. (1997). Motives for intergenerational transfers:Evidence from Malaysia. Demography, 34, 115-134.
Lin I-F., Goldman, N., Weinstein, M., Lin, Y-H., Gorrindo T., & Seeman, T.,(2003). Gender Differences in Adult Children's Support of Their Parents in Taiwan. J. Marriage and the Family, 65(1), 184-200.
Lin, Holin, (1998). Gender Culture as Economic Determinant— Household Recourse Allocation Strategies Among Ethnic Groups in Taiwan.(載於人文及社會科學集刊), 10(4), 611-659.
Lin, J.P., & Yi, C.C.(2008). The structure of Intergenerational Exchanges in Taiwan and Korea: Does Lineage Matter? Paper presented at Unfolding the Nauances of East Asian Families: Sociological Approaches to the Contemporary Dialogue, Seoul National University, Korea, August 8-9.
Lin, Nan & Walter M. Ensel (1989). Life Stress and Health: Stressors and Resources. American Sociological Review,54, 382-399.
Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel & John C. Vaughn (1981). Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment,American Sociological Review.46, 393-405.
Lin, Nan. (1990). Social Resources and Social Mobility. In Ronald L.Breiger(ed.), Social Mobility and Social Structure. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Lin, Nan. (2005). Social Capital, Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, Jens Beckert & Milan Zagiroski (eds.). Rutlege Ltd.
Litwak, E. (1960). Occupational mobility and extended family cohesion.American Sociological Review ,25, 9-21.
Litwin, H. (ed.) (1998). Social network type and health status in a nationalsample of elderly Israelis. Social Science and Medicine ,46(4-5), 599-609.
Litwin, H., & Landau, R. (2000), Social network type and social support among the old-old. Journal of Aging and Health, 14, 213-228.
Litwin, Howard (2001). Social Network Type and Morale in Old Age. The Gerontologist, 41,516-524.
Litwin, Howard (2003). Social Network Structure and Utilization of Formal Public Support in Israel. Global aging and challenges to families. NY:Aldine de Gruyter.
Lopata, H Z. (1979). Women as Widows: Support System. New York: Harper &Row.
Lopata, H. Z. (1973). Widowhood in an American City. Cambridge, MA:Shenkman.
Lopata, H. Z. (1978). Contributions of extended families to the support systemsof metropolitan area widows: Limitations of the modified kin network.Journal of Marriage and Family, 40, 355-364.
Lubben, I. E. (1989). Gender Differences in the Relationship of Widowhood and Psychological Well-Being Among Low Income Elderly. Women & Health,14, 161-187.
Lubben, J., & Gironda, M. (1996 ). AssessingSocial Support Networks Among Older People in the United States. in H, Litwin. Westport(ed.), The Social Networks of Older People: A Cross-National Analysis(pp143-161).Connecticnt: Praeger London.
Luce, R. Duncan & Albert D. Perry (1949). A Method of Matrix Analysis ofGroup Structure. Psychometrika, 14, 95-116.
Lund, D. A.(1993). Widowhood: The coping response. In R. Kastenbaum (Ed.),Encyclopedia of adult development, Phoenix, AZ: Onyx Press.
Lye, D. N. (1996). Adult-child parent relationships. Annual Review of Sociology,22, 79-122.
MacDonald,W. L., & DeMaris, A. (2002). Stepfather–stepchild relationship quality: The stepfather’s demand for conformity and the biological father’s involvement. Journal of Family Issues, 23, 121-137.
MacUnovich, D.J.; Easterlin, R.A.; Schaeffer, C.M.; Crimmins, E.M. (1995).Echoes of the baby boom and bust: Recent and prospective changes in living alone among elderly widows in the United States. Demography;32(1), 17-28.
Magai, C., Consedine, N. S., King, A. R., & Gillespie, M. (2003). Physical hardiness and styles of socioemotional functioning in later life. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Measurement, 11, 329-354.
Martin, L.G. (1990). The status of South Asia’s growing elderly population. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 593-117.
Maurice Guiaux, Theo van Tilburg, & Marjolein Broese van Groenou (2007). Changes in contact and support exchange in personal networks after widowhood. Personal Relationships, 4(3), 457-473(17).
McGarry, Kathleen; Schoeni, Robert F. (2000). Social Security, Economic Growth, and the Rise in Elderly Widows’ Independence in the Twentieth Century. Demography, 37( 2), 221-236.
McNally, James W. (2003). Health, Widowhood, and Family Support in the North and South Pacific: A Comparative Study. Journal of Women & Aging, 15( 2/3), 29-47.
Minkler, M., and Estes, C. (1999). Critical gerontology. New York: Baywood.
Moreno, J. L. (1934). Who Shall Survive? Washington, DC: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company.
Morgan, D L (1984). Changes in family interaction following widowhood.Journal of Marriage and the family, 46, 323-331.
Morgan, D. L., Carder, P., & Neal, M. B. (1997). Are some relationships more useful than others? The value of similar others in the networks of recent widows. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 745–759.
Morgan, D.L. (1989). Adjusting to Widowhood: Do Social Network Really Make It Easier? The Gerontological Society of America, 29(1), 101–107.
Murrell, S. A., Norris, F. H., & Chipley, Q. T. (1992). Functional versus structural social support, desirable events, and positive affect in older adults. Psychology and Aging, 7(4), 562–570.
Muthen, L. K., & Muthen, B. O. (2004). Mplus user’s guide (3rd ed.). Log Angeles, CA: Muthen & Muthen.
Mutran, E., & Reitzes, D.C. (1984). Intergenerational support activities and well-being among the elderly: A convergence of exchange and symbolic interaction perspectives. American Sociological Review, 49, 117-130.
National Economic Council.(1998). Women and retirement security. Paper presented at the Interagency Working Group on Social Security,Washington, DC, 1998.
Nieboer A. P., Lindenberg, S. M., & Siegwart Ormel, J. (1999). Conjugal bereavement and well-being of elderly men and women: A preliminary study. Journal of Death and Dying, 38, 113-141.
O’Bryant, S. L. (1988). Sibling support and older widows’ well-being. Journal of Marriage& the Family, 50,173-183.
O'Bryant, S. L., & Hansson, R. O. (1995). Widowhood. In R. Blieszner & V. H. Bedford (Eds.), Handbook of aging and the family (pp. 440-459). Westport,CT: Greenwood Press.
Pahl, R. & Spencer, L. (1997) . The Politics of Friendship, Renewal,5( 3-4),100-107.
Panapasa, S. (2000). Sociable security: Family support and elderly well-being in Fiji 1966-1986. Doctoral dissertation submitted to Brown University.
Park, Joon-Shik; Kim, Young-Bum. (2004). Patterns of family network and life satisfaction of elderly in the Seoul metropolitan area. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, Supplement 1, 4, S266-S267.
Parsons, T. (1943). The kinship system of the contemporary United States.American Anthropologist, 45, 22-38.
Phillipson Chris (2003). From Family Groups to Personal Communities: Social Capital and Social Change in the Family Life of Older Adults. Global aging and challenges to families. NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
Pinquart, M. (2003). Loneliness in married, widowed, divorced, and never-married older adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships,20, 31-53.
Paola, Pizzetti; Matteo, Manfredini (2008). The shock of widowhood'? Evidence from an Italian population (Parma, 1989-2000). Social Indicators Research; 85(3), 499-514.
Portes, A. (1998). Social capital: Its origins and applications in modern sociology.Annual Review of Sociology, 24, 1-24.
Prigerson, H. G., Maciejewski, P. K., & Rosenbeck, R. A. (2000). Preliminary explorations of the harmful interactive effects of widowhood and marital harmony on health, health service use, and health care costs. The Gerontologist, 40, 349-357.
Rasmussen, S.J. (1989). Accounting for belief: Causation, misfortune and evil in Tuareg systems of thought. Man, 24, 124-144.
Raveis, V. H.(1999). Facilitating older spouses’adjustment to widowhood: A preventive intervention program. Social Work in Health Care, 29, 13-32.
Rook, K. S., & Schuster, T. L. (1996). Compensatory processes in the social networks of older adults. In G. R. Pierce, B. R. Sarason, & I. G. Sarason(Eds.), Handbook of social support and the family (pp. 219–248). New York: Plenum.
Rook, K., Sorkin, D., & Zettel, L. (2004). Stress in social relationships: Coping and adaptation across the life span. In F. R. Lang & K. L. Fingerman (Eds.),Growing together: Personal relationships across the life span (pp.210–239). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rosenzweig, A., Prigerson, H., Miller, M. D., & Reynolds, C. F., (1997).Bereavement and late-life depression: Grief and its complications in the elderly 3rd. Annual Review of Medicine, 48, 421-428.
Rossi, A. S., & Rossi, P. H. (1990). Of human bonding. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Rowe J. & Kahn R.(1997). Successful aging. The Gerontologist, 27: 433-40.
Ruggles, Steven (1994). The Transformation of American Family Structure.American Historical Review; 99(1), 103-128.
Russell, D. W., & Cutrona, C. E. (1991), Social support, stress, and depressive symptoms among the elderly: Test of a process model. Psychology & Aging, 6, 190-201.
Saluter, A.F., & Lugaila, T.A. (1998). Marital status and living arrangements: March 1996. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports , 20-496.Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Scanzoni, J., K. Polonko, J. Teachman, & L. Thompson. (1989). The sexual bond. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Schwarz, B., Trommsdorff, G., Albert, I., & Mayer, B. (2005). Adult parent–child relationships: Relationship quality, support, and reciprocity. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 54, 396-417.
Scott J. (1983). Siblings and other kin. In T. Brubaker.(ed.) Family Relationships in later life(pp47-62). Beverly Hill, CA: Sage.
See Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8-12 April 2002
(A/CONF.197/9 United Nations publication Sales No. E.02.IV.4),(http://cfam.eresources.com/docLib/
20080625_Madrid_Ageing_Conference.pdf)
See Report of the World Assembly on Ageing, Vienna, 26 July-6 August 1982
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.82.I.16), chap. VI, sect. A.
Seeman, T. E., Kaplan, G. A., Knudsen, L., Cohen, R., & Guralnik, J.(1987). Social network ties and mortality among the elderly in the Alameda County study, American Journal of Epidemilolgy , 126, 714-723.
Seltzer, M. M., & Li, L. W. (2000). The dynamics of caregiving: Transitions during a three-year prospective study. Gerontologist, 40, 165–178.
Shanas, E. (1979). The family as a social support system in old age. Gerontologist, 19(2), 169-74.
Sushma, S.; Savita, V. ; Salilesh, D.(2002).Psychological problems of aged widows in rural communities of Haryana Ageing & Society: The Indian Journal of Gerontology; 12(1-2), 1-14.
Sushma, S.; Savita, V. ; Salilesh, D.(2003). Socio-economic problems of aged widows. Indian Journal of Social Research; 44(3), 223-234.
Shuchter, S. R., & Zisook, S. (1993). The course of normal grief. In M. S. Stroebe, W. Stroebe, & R. O. Hansson (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement: Theory, research, and intervention (pp. 23–43). Cambridge, England:Cambridge University Press.
Silverstein, M., Parrott, M. T., &Bengston, V. L. (1995). Factors that predispose middle-aged sons and daughters to provide social support to older parents. Journal of Marriage and the amily, 57, 465-475.
Simeone, I; Belime, P; Grandchamp, D; Lambert-Lamond, G; Rudhardt, M.(1992). Enduring loneliness. An interview survey of aged widows.Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis; 81 ( 4), 84-86.
Snow D. L., & Gordon J. B. (1980). Social network analysis and intervention with the elderly. Gerontologist, 20(4), 463-467.
Stein, C. H., E. G. Bush, R. R. Ross, & M. Ward. (1992). Mine, yours and ours: A configural analysis of the networks of married couples in relation to marital satisfaction and individual well-being. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 9, 365-83.
Stevens, N. L., Martina, C. M. S., & Westerhof, G. J. (2006). Meeting the need to belong: Predicting effects of a friendship enrichment program for older women.
Gerontologist, 46, 495–502.
Steverink, N. & Lindenberg, S. (2006). Which social needs are important for subjective wellbeing? What happens to them with aging? Psychology and Aging, 21, 281-290.
Stroebe, M. S., Stroebe, W., & Hansson, R. O. (1993). Handbook of bereavement: Theory, research and intervention. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Sugisawa, H., Shibata, H., Hougham, G. W., Sugihara, Y., & Liang, J. (2002).The impact of social ties on depressive symptoms in U.S. and Japanese elderly. Journal of Social Issues, 58, 785-804.
Susaman, M. (1965). Relationships of adult children with their parents in the United States. In E. Shanas and G. Streib (eds.), Social structure and the family (pp62-92). New York: Prentice-Hall.
Takahashi, K., Ohara, N., Antonucci, T. C., & Akiyama, H. (2002).Commonalities and differences in close relationships among the Americansand Japanese: a comparison by the individualism/collectivism concept.International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26(5), 453–65.
Thoits, Peggy A. (1995). Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next? Journal of Health and Social Behavior, extra issue,53-79.
Thomas, L. E. & DiGiulio, R. C. (1984). Presence of a confidant and adaptation in widowhood. ERIC-NO: ED250609.
Thomasma, M., Yeaworth, R. C., & McCabe, B. W. (1990). Moving day: relocation and anxiety in institutionalized elderly. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 16(7), 18-25.
Thompson, L.W., Gallagher-Thompson, D., Futterman, A., Gilewski, M.J., & Peterson, J. (1991). The effects of late-life spousal bereavement over a 30-month interval. Psychology and Aging, 6, 434-441.
Thompson, P. (1999). The role of grandparents when parents part or die:Some reflections on the mythical decline of the extended family. Ageing and Society, 19, 471-503.
Thorson J., &Powell, F. C. (2000). Death anxiety in younger and older adults. In A. Tomer (Ed.), Death attitudes and the older adults: Theories, concepts and applications. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
Thorson James A.(1995). Aging in a Changing Society. C.A:
Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Trees De Bruycker (2008). Selection Versus Structure: Explaining Family Type Differences in Contact With Close Kin. Journal of Family Issues,1448-1470.
Turvey, C. L., Carney, C., Arndt, S., Wallace, R. B., Herzog, R. (1999). Conjugal loss and syndromal depression in a sample of elders aged 70 years or older. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156, 1596-1601.
Umberson, D., Chen, M. D., House, J. S., Hopkins, K., & Slaten, E. (1996). The effect of social relationships on psychological well-being: Are men and women really so different? American Sociological Review, 61, 837-857.
Van Baarsen, B., van Duijn, M. A. J., Smit, J. H., Snijders, T. A. B., & Knipscheer, K. P. M. (2001–2002). Patterns of adjustment to partner loss in old age: The widowhood adaptation longitudinal study. Omega: Journal of
Death and Dying, 44(1), 5–36.
Van den Hoonaard, D. (2001). The windowed self: Older women’s journey through widowhood. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Van Tilburg, T. (1998). Losing and gaining in old age: Changes in personal network size and social support in a four-year longitudinal study. Journal of Gerontology, 53, S313–S323.
Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing (1982). Retrieved January 5, 2010, from
http://www.un.org/chinese/esa/ageing/vienna3_3.htm
Vlassoff, C. (1990). The value of sons in an Indian village: How widows see it. Population Studies, 44, 5-20.
Vollenwyder, N.; Bickel, J.; D'Epinay, C.J.L.; Maystre, C. (2002). The elderly and their families, 1979-94: Changing networks and relationships. Current Sociology, 50(2), 263-280.
Walker, K. N., MacBride, A. & Vachon, M. L. S (1977). Social support networks and the crisis bereavement. Social Science and Medicine, 11(1), 35-41.
Weir, D. R., Willis, R. J., & Sevak, P. A. (2002). The economic consequences of widowhood. Papers wp9905, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
Weitz, T. & Estes, C. L.(2000). Adding aging and gender to the women’s health agenda. Journal of Women and Aging, 13, 3-20.
Wellman , B. (1990). The place of kingolk in personal community settings. Marriage and Family Review, 15(1/2), 195-228.
Wenger, C. G. (1990). Change and adaptation in informal support networks of elderly people in Wales 1979–1987. Journal of Aging Studies, 4, 375–389.
Wenger, G. C. (1984). The supportive network: Coping with old age. London: Allen and Unwin.
Wenger, G. C. (1991). A network typology: From theory to practice. Journal of Aging Studies, 5(2), 147-62.
Wenger, G. C. (1997). Social networks and the prediction of elderly people at risk. Aging and Mental Health, 1(4), 311-20
White, L. K. (1994). Growing up with single parents and stepparents: Long-term effects on family solidarity. Journal of Marriage and Family, 56, 935-948.
White, L. K. (2001). Sibling relationships over the life course: A panel analysis.Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63 , 555 – 568.
Williams, L. & Domingo, L. (1993). The social status of elderly women and men within the Filipino family. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55,415-426.
Wilson, P., & R. Pahl. (1998). The changing sociological construct of the family.Sociololgical Review, 36, 233-266.
Won, Y.-H., &d Lee, G. R. (1999), Living Arrangements of Older Parents in Korea,Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 30 (2): 315-328.
World Assembly on Aging. (2002). Retrieved January 3, 2010, from
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/secondworld02.html
Yeh, K. H., & Bedford, O. (2003) .A test of the dual filial piety model. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 6(3), 215-228.
Zettel L.A. &Rook K.S. (2004). Substitution and Compensation in the Social Networks of Older Widowed. Psychology and Aging, 19(3), 433–443.
Zisook, S., Shuchter, S. R., & Lyons, L. E. (1987). Predictors of psychological reactions during the early stages of widowhood. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 10(3), 355–369.