TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Neighborhood conditions and helping behavior in late life JO - Journal of environmental psychology A1 - Krause, Neal SP - 62 EP - 69 VL - 31 IS - 1 N2 - The purpose of this study is to develop and test a latent variable model that explores the ways in which social structural factors influence the amount of social support that older adults provide to their social network members. Neighborhood conditions play a key role in this conceptual scheme. The findings provide support for the following conceptual linkages: (1) low parental education is associated with low respondent education; (2) older people with less education encounter more economic difficulty; (3) greater financial problems are associated with living in a rundown neighborhood; (4) older individuals who live in dilapidated neighborhoods are more hostile; and (5) older adults who are hostile are less likely to provide social support to their social network members. Research indicates that helping others is a key to successful aging. Ways must be found to help economically disadvantaged elders provide support to their social network members.

LA - SN - 0272-4944 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2010.11.003 ID - ref1 ER -