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Loneliness Among the Elderly: a Mini Review [PDF]

open access: yesConsortium Psychiatricum, 2022
Loneliness is understood as a painful negative emotion. Since its introduction into the psychiatric literature in 1959, the understanding of loneliness has improved considerably, and is now understood to be a distinct entity to such issues as social ...
Sandeep Grover
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Social loneliness, emotional loneliness and loneliness in love as predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2023
The primary aim of our research was to examine the impact of social loneliness, emotional loneliness and loneliness in love on life satisfaction of young people, including the variables of gender, age and material status.
Numanović Almedina Š.   +3 more
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Evidence for a shared genetic contribution to loneliness and borderline personality disorder

open access: yesTranslational Psychiatry, 2023
Loneliness, influenced by genetic and environmental factors such as childhood maltreatment, is one aspect of interpersonal dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Anna Schulze   +22 more
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Estimation of loneliness in students with visual impairments [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Background/Aim. Loneliness is becoming more frequent, especially in young people. Some authors believe that visual impairments increase the risk of loneliness. Empirical data on its manifestation in persons with visual impairments are contradictory.
Stanimirović Dragana V.   +3 more
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Latent Transition Analysis indicates four relatively stable profiles of loneliness in New Zealand

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: We investigated the characteristics of loneliness by identifying distinct ‘profiles’ of loneliness and investigating transitions between those loneliness profiles over two years.
Matthew D. Hammond   +3 more
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Loneliness, loneliness literacy, and change in loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Loneliness has become a significant public health concern for older people. However, little is known about the association of loneliness, loneliness literacy, and changes in loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic with mental well-being.
Hui-Chuan Hsu, Shiau-Fang Chao
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2020
The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upon human health, economic activity and social engagement have been swift and far reaching.
Ben J Smith, Michelle H Lim
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Loneliness in adolescents with different social media behavior

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Loneliness is a critical issue of adolescents that has grown severe during the last decade. Social media use is often regarded as negative factor of loneliness experience in connection with escapism.
E. Zakirova, N. Poskrebysheva
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Loneliness among seniors

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Introduction: Loneliness is a universal phenomenon that affects people of any age. But it becomes especially painful for people over 60 years of age. Loneliness makes seniors vulnerable to isolation and marginalization.Aim: The aim of the article is to ...
Natalia Skierkowska   +3 more
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Loneliness and Health Outcomes Among Malaysian Older Adults

open access: yesMakara Journal of Health Research, 2021
Background: Loneliness is a major social problem among the elderly all over the world. Methods: A community-based survey was conducted among 380 community-dwelling older adults residing in Malaysia. A proportional stratified random sampling method was
Siti Zuhaida Hussein   +2 more
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