@article{ref1,
title="A comment on Wong and Waite, "Elder mistreatment predicts later physical and psychological health: Results from a national longitudinal study," JEAN issue 29(1), pp. 15-42",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2017",
author="Acierno, Ron E.",
volume="29",
number="2-3",
pages="186-187",
abstract="Wong and Waite present a longitudinal study of elder abuse and its effects. However, they contend that their data do not support the protective effects of social support, a finding in contrast with virtually all existing research on the topic. Closer inspection of their variables indicates that they misclassify &quot;elder abuse&quot; insofar as their results are actually in terms of only one type of elder abuse, psychological abuse, ignoring physical and sexual abuse, and they define &quot;elder abuse&quot; using only one question: &quot;Is there anyone who insults you or puts you down?&quot; Finally, they measure social support with the single item &quot;if they generally feel they can open up to, and rely on, these significant others.&quot; It is not, therefore, surprising that they observed that social support was not protective considering health outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1080/08946566.2017.1310074",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2017.1310074"
}