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Programme: Postgraduate Diploma

Supervisor: Helene Hoi Lam Fung

Student name: Elsie Wong

Thesis title:

Longitudinal Study: The moderating effect of widowhood on social network and psychologicalwell-being among elderly people in Hong Kong

Keywords: Longitudinal, elderly people, Hong Kong, Social network, psychological well-being

Participants: 200 participants (143 female, 57 male) aged between 28 to 91

Measures: Wechsler Digit Symbol Test (Weschler, 1981), The Social Convoy Questionanaire (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980, as cited in Issacowitz, Smith & Cartensen, 2003), Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale (Lawton, 2003), Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Longeliness Scale (Ruselle, Peplau, & Curtona, 1980)

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Abstract: abstract/2010psDiploma/Wong Elsie_abstract.pdf

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