Endings and Continuity of Social Relationships: Maximizing Intrinsic Benefits within Personal Networks when Feeling Near to Death

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Time counts: future time perspective, goals, and social relationships. (2002, background): “This issue is particularly relevant in later adulthood because personal networks do tend to reduce in size in old age, with emotionally close social partners being maintained while more peripheral social partners are increasingly excluded (Lang, 2000; Lang & Carstensen, 1994; Lang, Staudinger, & Car”
Socioemotional selectivity theory, aging, and health: the increasingly delicate balance between regulating emotions and making tough choices. (2004, background): “Lang (2000) assessed changes in older people's social networks over a 4-year interval.”
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and the Regulation of Emotion in the Second Half of Life (2003, background): “Especially compelling is longitudinal evidence based on interview data that shows adults intentionally cull peripheral social partners from their networks ( Lang, 2000 ).”
Social network changes and life events across the life span: a meta-analysis. (2013, background): “This further supports the high stability of family relationships, even when facing adversity (Lang, 2000).”