THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ON HEALTH AND RELIGIOSITY IN NURSING HOME ELDERLY.
Contributors: Illinois Institute of Technology.
Published: 1992
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Psychology, Clinical.; Gerontology.
Description: The present study utilized a structural analytic model (LISREL) to assess the relationship between social support, health, and religiosity in an elderly nursing home population. Social support (perceived, functional, and structural), religiosity (extrinsic, ritualistic, and intrinsic), and health (physical health, functional status, and depression) data were collected from 80 participants, 50 years and older residing in nursing facilities in the Chicago metropolitan area. LISREL analyses revealed strong effects for social support on health and ratings of religiosity. However, no significant effect was shown between religiosity and health ratings. Structural analyses also revealed higher factor loadings for perceived and functional support on the social support construct and higher loadings for intrinsic religiosity in the religiosity construct. MANOVA results showed blacks had significantly higher religiosity ratings than whites and that women had significantly higher ratings of perceived support than men. Other significant relationships were also found between the observed variables. Conclusions and directions for future research are discussed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-01, Section: B, page: 0486.

Thesis (PH.D.)--ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 1992.

School code: 0091.