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Social Networks, Role-Relationships, and Personality in Older Adulthood

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  • James Iveniuk

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Objectives This article examines the implications of personality traits for social network connectedness in older adulthood, across different social relationships. Method sThis article uses data from the National Social Life Health and Aging Project (NSHAP), a nationally-representative, longitudinal survey of community-dwelling older Americans (N = 2,261). Network characteristics were predicted using Poisson and negative binomial regression (for network size) as well as multilevel identity-linked and ordinal-logit-linked regressions (for tie strength). Results Extraversion and agreeableness were associated with tie strength, and extraversion was weakly associated with friend network size. Few trait-by-role-relationship interactions emerged, although more-neurotic persons were more likely to talk about their health with friends. Discussion Personality traits impact the strength of social network ties in older adulthood. However, traits may have minimal impact on network size. The consequences of personality also appear to be largely consistent across different social relationships.

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  • James Iveniuk, 2019. "Social Networks, Role-Relationships, and Personality in Older Adulthood," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 74(5), pages 815-826.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:74:y:2019:i:5:p:815-826.
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    1. Paolo Iovino & Ercole Vellone & Nadia Cedrone & Barbara Riegel, 2023. "A Middle-Range Theory of Social Isolation in Chronic Illness," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Howard Litwin & Michal Levinsky, 2022. "Does personality shape the personal social networks of older Europeans?," European Journal of Ageing, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 717-727, September.

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