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Family and community support among older Chilean adults: the importance of heterogeneous social support sources for quality of life Gallardo-Peralta, Lorena Barrón López De Roda, Ana Molina Martínez, María Ángeles Schettini del Moral, Rocío Quality of life Personal social networks Community social networks Older Chilean adults Ciencias Sociales 63 Sociología Family and community social networks act as social resources that promote well-being at advanced ages. In this study, we analyze the association between social support received from personal social networks (social support from various family members and friends) and community social networks (social support from neighbors and the neighborhood, age, ethnic, or religious group peers and formal social support networks) and quality of life (QoL) for a sample of older Chilean persons (n = 777). The results confirm that social support from family (partner, children, and extended family) and friends, integration in the community (neighbors) and social support from informal systems (social groups) are associated with QoL. Moreover, the model including both types of support explains 25.8% of variance in QoL. The results and their possible implications are discussed. Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (Chile) Depto. de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales Fac. de Trabajo Social TRUE pub 2023-12-11T15:17:15Z 2023-12-11T15:17:15Z 2018 journal article AM https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91152 0163-4372 10.1080/01634372.2018.1489928 eng Lorena P. Gallardo-Peralta, Ana Barrón López de Roda, M. Ángeles Molina- Martínez & Rocío Schettini del Moral (2018) Family and community support among older Chilean adults: the importance of heterogeneous social support sources for quality of life, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61:6, 584-604. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access application/pdf Taylor & Francis