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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 56:P374-P382 (2001)
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Interactive Effect of Support From Family and Friends in Visually Impaired Elders

Jessica M. McIlvanea and Joann P. Reinhardtb

a Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York
b Lighthouse International, New York

Jessica M. McIlvane, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 E-mail: mcilvane{at}isr.umich.edu.

Decision Editor: Toni C. Antonucci, PhD

The interactive relationship of high and low friend and family support for adaptation to chronic vision impairment was examined in 241 men and women. Two 2 (High/Low Family Support) x 2 (High/Low Friend Support) x 2 (Gender) multivariate analyses of covariance tested for psychological well-being, one with qualitative support measures, the other with quantitative support measures. Two analyses of covariance models tested for adaptation to vision loss. A significant multivariate 3-way interaction effect for qualitative support was found. Women with high support from both friends and family had better psychological well-being, whereas men with high support from both friends and family or just from family had better psychological well-being. Two univariate main effects showed that participants with high qualitative friend support and high quantitative family support had better adaptation to vision loss. Findings demonstrate the complexity of measuring and understanding relationships among social support, well-being, and domain-specific adaptation to chronic impairment.




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