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Social capital, health, and elderly driver status.
- Source :
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The Yale journal of biology and medicine [Yale J Biol Med] 2016 Mar 24; Vol. 89 (1), pp. 87-90. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 24 (Print Publication: 2016). - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Driving a car enables many people to engage in meaningful activities that, in turn, help develop and maintain personal social capital. Social capital, a combination of community participation and social cohesion, is important in maintaining well-being. This paper argues that social capital can provide a framework for investigating the general role of transportation and driving a car specifically to access activities that contribute to connectedness and well-being among older people. This paper proposes theoretically plausible and empirically testable hypotheses about the relationship between driver status, social capital, and well-being. A longitudinal study may provide a new way of understanding, and thus of addressing, the well-being challenges that occur when older people experience restrictions to, or loss of, their driver's license.
- Subjects :
- Health
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Transportation
Automobile Driving
Social Capital
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1551-4056
- Volume :
- 89
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Yale journal of biology and medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27505020