Befriending’s impact on the psychological well-being of single-dwelling elderly

• Main Author: Ng, Kaserlyn YanZhen
• Other Authors: Yu Wenxuan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/71621
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper studies how befriending, as one of the measures commissioned by the state to combat elderly social isolation and loneliness, impacts the psychological well-being of the elderly. Psychological well-being, in this context, is assessed using Berkman’s model on how social networks impact h...