Peer support telephone dyads for elderly women: Was this the wrong intervention?

Heller, Kenneth; Thompson, Mark G.; Trueba, Petri E.; Hogg, John R.; Vlachos-Weber, Irene

doi:10.1007/bf00942253

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Peer support telephone dyads for elderly women: Was this the wrong intervention?

Heller, Kenneth, Thompson, Mark G., Trueba, Petri E., Hogg, John R., Vlachos-Weber, Irene·1991·American Journal of Community Psychology

DOI 10.1007/bf00942253

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Tested a preventive intervention in which peer telephone dyads were developed for low-income, community-living, elderly women with low perceived social support. After an initial assessment, respondents were randomly assigned to either an assessment-only control or received 10 weeks of friendly staff telephone contact. After a second assessment, participants receiving the staff contact were randomly assigned to continue that contact or were paired in dyads to continue phone contact with one another. Dependent variables were measures of perceived social support, morale, depression, and loneliness. All groups, particularly the staff contact group, showed some improvement in mental health scores over time, but there were no significant differences between intervention groups, or between intervention and assessment-only control groups. The results suggest that participation in the study and in personal assessment interviews at home were probably morale enhancing, and that additional telephone contact did not significantly add to that effect. Evidence also indicates that, in this sample, low perceived family support was significantly related to poor mental health, so it is possible that a program designed to increase friend support may have been the wrong intervention.

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Authors: Heller, K., Thompson, M. G., Trueba, P. E., Hogg, J. R., & Vlachos-Weber, I.
Affiliations: Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author: Heller, Kenneth
Venue: American Journal of Community Psychology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1991-02
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Pages: 53-74
ISSN: 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
1573-2770
DOI: 10.1007/bf00942253
OpenAlex: W2058361378
Cited by: 155
References: 57
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 7.56
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (5t32mh015789-14, 1r01mh041457-01)
National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH 15789-11, R01MH41457)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
Keywords: peer support, older women, low-income elderly, perceived social support, preventive interventions, morale, depression, loneliness, family support, mental health, intervention effectiveness
MeSH terms: Aged, Family, Female, Humans, Peer Group, Poverty, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Hotlines, Multivariate Analysis

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