ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2012
Social network type and health-related behaviors: evidence from an American national survey.
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- Social isolation as a risk factor for all-cause mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- The association between social support and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
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- Effects of Social Networks in Promoting Young Adults' Physical Activity among Different Sociodemographic Groups.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined the association between social network type and engagement in physical activity, alcohol abuse and use of complementary and alternative medicine by older Americans. Data from the National Social Life, Health & Aging Project were employed. Multivariate logistic regressions conducted separately for each health behavior showed that older people embedded in less resourceful network types were at greater risk for alcohol abuse, physical inactivity and less use of complementary and alternative medicine, net of the effects of sociodemographic characteristics, health, and the quality of the social relationships. The study underscores the importance of the construct of social network type for understanding healthy lifestyle in late life.
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