Gallardo-Peralta, LorenaBarrón López De Roda, AnaMolina Martínez, María ÁngelesSchettini del Moral, Rocío2023-12-112023-12-112018Lorena 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, 584-604.0163-437210.1080/01634372.2018.1489928https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91152Family 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.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2018.1489928open accessQuality of lifePersonal social networksCommunity social networksOlder Chilean adultsCiencias Sociales63 Sociología