"We help each other": relational patterns among older Individuals in South African samples
SOURCE: Applied Research in Quality of Life
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Wilson, M.P.Wissing, L.Schutte
KEYWORDS: ELDERLY, QUALITY OF LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10498
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12557
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12557
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Wilson, M.P.Wissing, L.Schutte
KEYWORDS: ELDERLY, QUALITY OF LIFE, RELATIONSHIPS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10498
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/12557
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/12557
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Abstract
The present study aimed to describe the reasons for the importance of relationships for older individuals living in urban and rural sites in South Africa. Participants were selected from urban (n = 50, males = 14, females = 36; mean age = 70, SD = 8.35) and rural (n = 50; males = 16 females = 34; mean age = 67, SD = 5.31) areas in the North West Province of South Africa. Thematic analysis was implemented to explore participants' important relationships and the reasons thereof. Both samples experienced provision and expectation of sustained support, personal identity and security via spiritual relatedness. Whereas the expression of affection for the nuclear family was unique to the urban sample, the rural sample expressed the need for dependable, trusting relationships. Interventions to improve relational well-being must consider a plurality of dimensions such as the self, others, the supernatural, and the unique social context.-
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