Date of Award
1997
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore several questions about the relationship between well-being and social interaction in a sample of older adults. The primary question involved the relationship between three components of well-being--life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect--and quality and quantity of social interaction. It was found that social interaction variables correlated differently with affective and cognitive components of well-being, with quality of social interaction being associated with higher life satisfaction, and social quantity of interaction being associated with higher positive affect. These relationships were stronger for interactions with friends than for interactions with family members. Quality of social interaction with spouse was also related to well-being.
Extent
87 p.
Recommended Citation
Green, Laura Rae, "relationship between well-being and social interaction with friends, family, and spouses in older adults" (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1222.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1222
Identifier
FADT12545
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Deborah R. Richardson.|Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection