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Direct linkBond, Gary D.; Thompson, Laura A.; Malloy, Daniel M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2005
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST) (Carstensen, 1992, 1993) accounts for lifespan changes in human social networks and for the motivations which underlie those changes. SST is applied in this research with 256 prison inmates and non-inmates, ages 18-84, from Mississippi, Kansas, and New Mexico. Two research questions sought to identify (a)…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Social Networks, Institutionalized Persons, Questionnaires
