# SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG AGED

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 1990 · $98,950

## Abstract

The proposed research aims toward a systematic evaluation of existing
measures of social support among the elderly.  Perhaps more important,
efforts will be made to integrate the various dimensions of support into a
theoretically meaningful framework, and to examine the relationship between
these dimensions and the health and well-being of older adults.  In
particular, the proposed secondary data analysis project has the following
objectives:

     1.  To develop explicit measurement models of the various dimensions
of social support, including social integration, received support, and
provided by the study participants, anticipated support, the negative or
undesirable elements of social interaction, and satisfaction with social
support.

2.  To estimate the structural linkages among the various dimensions of
social support with data from six surveys and to integrate these dimensions
into a series of multidimensional models of supportive social relations.

3.  To develop cross-sectional and longitudinal structural equation models
that systematically assess the impact of the full range of social support
dimensions on the health and well-being of older adults.

Data for the proposed study come from two nationwide and four local
surveys.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3120135
- **Project number:** 1R01AG008491-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **SAM.gov UEI:** GNJ7BBP73WE9
- **Principal Investigator:** Neal Krause
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1990
- **Award amount:** $98,950
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1990-04-01 → 1993-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3120135

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3120135, SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG AGED (1R01AG008491-01A1). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3120135. Licensed CC0.

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