The Social Connectedness of Older Adults: A National Profile

By Benjamin Cornwell, E. Laumann, P. Schumm. American Sociological Review, 2008

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Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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Do the Young Live in a "Smaller World" Than the Old? Age-Specific Degrees of Separation in a Large-Scale Mobile Communication Network (2016, background): “These include nonkin contact volume, emotional closeness, and time spent in the presence of others [1, 8, 9, 25, 36].”
Does singlehood isolate or integrate? Examining the link between marital status and ties to kin, friends, and neighbors (2016, background): “Specifically, aging as well as the other life course transitions associated with it, such as parenthood, employment, and retirement, may help explain gaps in ties between those single and those married (Cornwell et al., 2008; Elder, Johnson, & Crosnoe, 2003; Rossi & Rossi, 1990; Shanahan, 2000).”
Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults (2009, background): “middle-old (Cornwell et al. 2008), and loneli-”
Close adult friendships, gender, and the life cycle (2015, background): “…that have assessed friendship reveals that the primary focus is usually on social network size or broad sources of social support rather than on specific aspects of close friendship, including the distinction between cross-gender and same-gender friends (Cornwell et al., 2008; van der Poel, 1993).”
Sharing for people, planet or profit? Analysing motivations for intended sharing economy participation (2017, positive): “Moreover, Cornwell et al. (2008) suggest that to make up for a decrease in interpersonal network connectedness, older people engage in associational networks to develop new social ties.”
Age Trends in Daily Social Contact Patterns (2011, background): “…Blandon, and Antonucci 2005; Marsden 1987), they also tend to be embedded in more supportive, stronger tie networks (Marsden 1987; Schnittker 2007; Shaw et al. 2007; van Tilburg 1998) and are more involved in the community (B. Cornwell, Laumann, and Schumm 2008; Moen et al. 1992; Shaw et al. 2007).”