Social Network Changes and Life Events Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis

For researchers and practitioners interested in social relationships, the question remains as to how large social networks typically are, and how their size and composition change across adulthood. On the basis of predictions of socioemotional selectivity theory and social convoy theory, we conducte...

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Published in:	Psychological bulletin 2013-01, Vol.139 (1), p.53-80
Main Authors:	Wrzus, Cornelia, Hänel, Martha, Wagner, Jenny, Neyer, Franz J.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adolescence Adolescent Adolescent Development Adolescents Adult Adult Development Adult. Elderly Adulthood Age Age Differences Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Aging - psychology Biological and medical sciences Case Studies Changes Child development Cross-Cultural Comparison Cross-cultural psychology Cross-sectional analysis Cross-Sectional Studies Developmental psychology Elderly people Emotions Evolutionary psychology Experiences (Events) Families & family life Family - psychology Family networks Friends - psychology Friendship Friendships Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Humans Interpersonal Relationship Kinship networks Life Change Events Life events Life Span Longitudinal Studies Meta Analysis Middle Aged Norms Older Adults Older people Parenthood Parents & parenting Personal relationships Personality Personality psychology Psychological assessment Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Social development Social Networks Social relations Social Support Systematic review Widowhood Young Adult Young adults
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