Views on Reciprocity in Friendships of Older Women in Assisted Living Facilities: An Exploratory Study

• 영문명: Views on Reciprocity in Friendships of Older Women in Assisted Living Facilities: An Exploratory Study
• 발행기관: 한국노년학연구회
• 저자명: Victor G. Cicirelli
• 간행물 정보: 『한국노년학연구』제12권, 5~26쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 사회복지학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.01.01

영문 초록

Based on exchange/equity theory, the study explored the views of older women in assisted living facilities regarding reciprocity of exchange of social support with a close friend. Study participants were 92 chronically ill older women aged 65 to 98. In individual interviews, participants responded to 4 vignettes depicting situations in which there was an imbalance of exchange with a friend. Background characteristics of the participants were also assessed. Qualitative analysis was used to examine responses to the vignette situations. Although most of these older women affirmed reciprocity norms to a degree, findings could be better explained by norms of altruism and of loyalty to friends, despite inequality of exchange associated with infirmities of aging.

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equity older women reciprocity relationship satisfaction social exchange