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Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women
This study explores the social network types of older Korean men and women, and the relationship of those networks to depressive symptoms. A population of 4608 older adults who participated in the Living Profiles of Older People Survey (LPOPS) were included in the study. Seven criterion variables—ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34769696 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111175 |
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author | Choi, Kyung-Won Jeon, Gyeong-Suk |
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description | This study explores the social network types of older Korean men and women, and the relationship of those networks to depressive symptoms. A population of 4608 older adults who participated in the Living Profiles of Older People Survey (LPOPS) were included in the study. Seven criterion variables—marital status, living arrangements, frequency of contact with children, close friends, and close relatives, participation in social activities, and total network size—were included in a K-means cluster analysis. Multivariable logistic regression analysis of the impact of social network type on depressive symptoms was conducted. We identified two “diverse type” social networks (diverse-married and diverse-unmarried) in women, and one diverse type and one “social-activity-focused type” network in men. Family focused type and two “restricted type” social networks (restricted-couple-focused, and restricted-unmarried) were identified in both men and women. The restricted-unmarried and restricted-couple-focused networks were associated with more depressive symptoms in both men and women. However, the family focused type was associated with more depressive symptoms only in women. The results indicated that social network types, and their impact on depressive symptoms, differ by gender. There is a need for further research on gender differences in the social network types of older adults across diverse cultures. |
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spelling | pubmed-85830722021-11-12 Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women Choi, Kyung-Won Jeon, Gyeong-Suk Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study explores the social network types of older Korean men and women, and the relationship of those networks to depressive symptoms. A population of 4608 older adults who participated in the Living Profiles of Older People Survey (LPOPS) were included in the study. Seven criterion variables—marital status, living arrangements, frequency of contact with children, close friends, and close relatives, participation in social activities, and total network size—were included in a K-means cluster analysis. Multivariable logistic regression analysis of the impact of social network type on depressive symptoms was conducted. We identified two “diverse type” social networks (diverse-married and diverse-unmarried) in women, and one diverse type and one “social-activity-focused type” network in men. Family focused type and two “restricted type” social networks (restricted-couple-focused, and restricted-unmarried) were identified in both men and women. The restricted-unmarried and restricted-couple-focused networks were associated with more depressive symptoms in both men and women. However, the family focused type was associated with more depressive symptoms only in women. The results indicated that social network types, and their impact on depressive symptoms, differ by gender. There is a need for further research on gender differences in the social network types of older adults across diverse cultures. MDPI 2021-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8583072/ /pubmed/34769696 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111175 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Choi, Kyung-Won Jeon, Gyeong-Suk Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title | Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title_full | Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title_fullStr | Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title_full_unstemmed | Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title_short | Social Network Types and Depressive Symptoms among Older Korean Men and Women |
title_sort | social network types and depressive symptoms among older korean men and women |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34769696 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111175 |
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