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- The study investigates how social relationships impact well-being in older adults, specifically focusing on isolation and loneliness over a six-year period.
- Findings show that higher levels of isolation and loneliness are linked to lower evaluations of well-being at the start, with unique patterns in how they affect different types of well-being (hedonic vs. evaluative) over time.
- The results suggest that while loneliness does not significantly affect hedonic well-being changes, isolation leads to a continuous decline in this type of well-being, highlighting the complex interplay between social factors and well-being in aging populations.
Article Abstract
Objective: The role of social relationships in determining well-being may be particularly salient in ageing populations. There is only limited longitudinal research examining the relationship between different dimensions of social relationships and change in well-being over time. The present analysis explores the association between isolation, loneliness and two measures of subjective well-being over six years using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
Design: Measures of social relationships were obtained at baseline and associations with well-being over the following six years were analysed using mixed models.
Main Outcome Measures: Hedonic and evaluative well-being assessed every two years over the six-year period.
Results: Levels of well-being showed a U-shaped relationship with time. At baseline, higher isolation and loneliness were associated with lower levels of hedonic and evaluative well-being. Individuals with high levels of isolation and loneliness initially showed a smaller decrease in evaluative well-being. The subsequent rise in well-being was, however, also diminished in this group. In contrast, loneliness was not associated with rate of change in hedonic well-being, while high levels of isolation were associated with a sustained decrease in hedonic well-being.
Conclusion: Social isolation and loneliness show different associations with changes in evaluative and hedonic well-being over time.
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