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Social Support, Health-Promotive Beliefs, and Preventive Health Behaviors Among the Elderly

Maayn K. Potts

California State University, Long Beach

Margo-Lea Hurwicz

University of Missouri, St. Louis

Michael S. Goldstein

Emil Berkanovic University of California, Los Angeles

A high level of social support was a consistent predictor of preventive health behaviors among 936 elderly members of a health maintenance organization. Beliefs about the importance of preventive health behaviors contributed more toward predicting their performance than did other respondent characteristics. These results suggest that efforts to increase the practice of preventive health behaviors by the elderly might be augmented by strengthening both theirsocial support networks and their health-promotive beliefs.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 11, No. 4, 425-440 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/073346489201100404
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