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Area of Science:

  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology
  • Cross-cultural psychology

Background:

  • Social network characteristics (SNC) can vary across age groups and cultures.
  • Previous research, primarily Western, indicates age-related declines in peripheral social partners.
  • The role of cultural factors, such as self-construal, in moderating these age differences is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in social network characteristics (SNC) among Hong Kong Chinese adults.
  • To explore the moderating role of interdependent self-construal on the relationship between age and SNC.
  • To compare findings with existing Western literature on aging and social networks.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study design.
  • Sample of 596 Hong Kong Chinese adults aged 18–91 years.
  • Quantitative analysis of social network characteristics and self-construal measures.

Main Results:

  • Age was positively associated with the number of close social partners.
  • Age was negatively associated with the number of peripheral social partners.
  • Interdependent self-construal moderated the age-SNC relationship: higher interdependence was linked to more close partners with age, and the age-related decline in peripheral partners was absent in highly interdependent individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Age-related changes in social network characteristics among Hong Kong Chinese differ from Western patterns, particularly for peripheral social partners.
  • Interdependent self-construal plays a crucial role in shaping social network dynamics across the lifespan in this cultural context.
  • Future research should focus on cultural mechanisms underlying social network changes rather than assuming universal patterns.