Social Participation, Social Connectedness, and Leisure among Older Persons Flashcards
What is Civic engagement?
volunteering and helping friends and family
What are some benefits of civic engagement?
Activity and integration
the people being helped
society at large
Social networks are typically described in terms of ___, ___, ___, ___, and ___.
type, size, heterogeneity (diversity of members), composition, and density
Our network in early childhood is usually [BLANK] and [BLANK]
homogeneous and small
What are the two types of loneliness?
Emotional, and social
What is emotional loneliness?
When a friend or partner is absent
What is social loneliness?
When a broad network of friends aren’t present
An objective evaluation of the situation people face when they perceive that their network of social relationships is small or has decreased and that they lack relationships with others
Social isolation
What is social isolation?
It is a subjective evaluation of the situation people face when they feel they lack a social network and relationships with other people
Attention has been given to two types of older criminals:
those who offended in old age, and those who have grown older while incarcerated
What are the social activities that older individuals have gotten into?
Volunteering, political organizations, physical activities, travel, education, and gambling
Social participation is
individual involvement in social, leisure, civic, or voluntary activities
individual involvement in social, leisure, civic, or voluntary activities
Social Participation
Social capital is
Connections between participation and cohesion in a community that is further promoted by the participation
Connections between participation and cohesion in a community that is further promoted by the participation
Social Capital
