Human Growth and Development / Unit 14 HGD 1981 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Convoy Model
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The idea
The convoy model, from Kahn and Antonucci, describes the stable network of close people who travel with us through adulthood, held together by exchanges of support.
In practice
A fifty-year-old whose closest friends from her twenties still call every week.
Where people slip
Strong social networks predict better health and lower mortality.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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