Interconnected social convoys: Understanding health and well-being through linked personal networks

LM Koehly, JA Manalel - Advances in Life Course Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The convoy model of social relations describes how social relationships contribute to an
individual's health and well-being from a life course and lifespan perspective. In large part …

Linked lives and convoys of social relations

NJ Webster, TC Antonucci, KJ Ajrouch - Advances in life course research, 2022 - Elsevier
We consider linked lives through the Convoy Model of Social Relations to illustrate their
complexity, consequences, and development across contexts. To illustrate how the Convoy …

Convoys of social relations: Integrating life‐span and life‐course perspectives

TC Antonucci, KL Fiori, K Birditt… - The handbook of life …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter provides an overview of the convoy model of social relations. The components
of social relations (structure, function, and quality) and their antecedents and consequences …

Convoys of social relations: Past, present, and future

TC Antonucci, KS Birditt, K Ajrouch… - Handbook of life …, 2011 - books.google.com
Convoys of social relations constitute an important and ever-present concept for
understanding the formation of relationships. Convoys represent social relations as …

The linked lives principle in life course studies: Classic approaches and contemporary advances

D Carr - Social networks and the life course: Integrating the …, 2018 - Springer
Social relationships are essential to our emotional, social, physical, and economic well-
being at every stage of the life course (House et al. 1988). National surveys consistently …

The convoy model and later‐life family relationships

HR Fuller, KJ Ajrouch… - Journal of Family Theory & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The convoy model of social relations was developed to provide a heuristic framework for
conceptualizing and understanding social relationships. In this Original Voices article, we …

On integrating life course and social network research

PV Marsden - Advances in Life Course Research, 2024 - Elsevier
It is eminently plausible that investigating synergies between the substantial, but largely
separate, bodies of scholarship devoted to the life course and to social networks could prove …

Relationship processes within the social convoy: Structure, function, and social goals

ST Mejía, K Hooker - Journals of Gerontology Series B …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. The structure and function of older adults' social convoys contribute to health and
well-being in later life, but little is known about how they may shape one another. In this …

Social resources

TC Antonucci, KJ Ajrouch - Quality of life in old age: International and multi …, 2007 - Springer
Assessing and studying the quality of life (QoL) in adulthood has attracted the attention of
many researchers concerned with life course and ageing issues. In fact, the history of …

Family relationships and well-being

PA Thomas, H Liu, D Umberson - Innovation in aging, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Family relationships are enduring and consequential for well-being across the life course.
We discuss several types of family relationships—marital, intergenerational, and sibling ties …