Negative interactions with extended family and church members and subjective well-being among older African American women

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine whether negative interactions with family and church members are associated with indicators of subjective well-being (SWB) in a nationally representative sample of older African American women. The analytic sample (N = 537) was drawn from the National Survey of American Life. Linear regressions were used to assess the associations between negative interactions with family and church members and happiness, life satisfaction, and self-esteem. The negative interactions with family variable was inversely associated with happiness and self-esteem. Findings underscore the importance of social relationships and the quality of these relationships in women’s well-being.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Journal of Women & Aging

• Publication date

  2020-11-15

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/08952841.2020.1829938PMID 33191872
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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