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Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies. [PDF]

, 2021
ObjectiveOlder adults are at a high risk for loneliness, which impacts their health, well-being, and longevity. While related to social isolation, loneliness is a distinct, internally experienced, distressing feeling. The present qualitative study sought
Chik, Lisa, Gupta, Saumya, Jeste, Dilip V, Kim, Ho-Cheol, Lee, Ellen E, Morlett Paredes, Alejandra, Palinkas, Lawrence A, Palmer, Barton W   +7 more
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Loneliness and Health Outcomes Among Malaysian Older Adults

Makara 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, Azera Hasra Ismail, Suraya Hanim Abu Bakar   +2 more
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Assessing Loneliness and Other Types of Emotional Distress among Practicing Physicians [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction. Loneliness has been linked to clinician burnout and other types of emotional distress. Research assessing the prevalence of loneliness among physicians is growing.
Ebberwein, Christopher, Kellerman, Rick, Ofei-Dodoo, Samuel   +2 more
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Childhood loneliness as a predictor of adolescent depressive symptoms: an 8-year longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2009
Childhood loneliness is characterised by children’s perceived dissatisfaction with aspects of their social relationships. This 8-year prospective study investigates whether loneliness in childhood predicts depressive symptoms in adolescence, controlling ...
A Gerson, A Henin, A Marcoen, AM Sund, B Birmaher, BG Tabachnick, BM Hagerty, C Connors, DCR Kerr, DM Ferguson, DM Ferguson, DW Nangle, E Cowen, E Fombonne, ES Buhs, GW Ladd, J Adams, J Cohen, J Flora, J Kistner, JB Kupersmidt, JD Coie, JE Dumas, JE Young, JH Valery, JL Borelli, JL Luby, JM Martin, JT Cacioppo, JT Cacioppo, KD Rudolph, Ken J. Rotenberg, KJ Rotenberg, L Goossens, L Murry, LA Peplau, LC Hawkley, LD Leve, LJ Koenig, LJ Koenig, LL Carstensen, LS Aiken, LY Abramson, M Boivin, M Brendgen, M Kovacs, M Rutter, MJ Prinstein, NK Eberhart, P Qualter, P Qualter, P Qualter, Pamela Qualter, PD Renshaw, Penny Munn, R Heikkinen, RP Lorion, RP Weissberg, S Harter, S Hymel, S Lau, S Nolen-Hoesksema, S Pederson, Stephen L. Brown, WF Panak, WT Boyce   +65 more
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Loneliness, social relations and health and wellbeing in deprived communities [PDF]

, 2015
There is growing policy concern about the extent of loneliness in advanced societies, and its prevalence among various social groups. This study looks at loneliness among people living in deprived communities, where there may be additional barriers ...
Ade Kearns, Age UK, Anne Ellaway, Barnes M., Buonfino A., Cacioppo J.T., Carol Tannahill, Elise Whitley, Ellaway A., Gibson L., Griffin J., Jones W.H., Scharf T., Tipping S., Walsh D., Ware J.E., Young J.E.   +16 more
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Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness? [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Pet ownership is thought to make a positive contribution to health, health behaviours and the general well-being of older people. More specifically pet ownership is often
A Gilbey, A Steptoe, AL Podberscek, Ann Bowling, AP Dickens, B Headey, BWJH Penninx, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, C Victor, CB Zhong, Christina Victor, CM Guest, CM Masi, CM Perissinotto, D Melzer, D Russel, DL Wells, E Friedmann, FV Wenz, GC Wenger, H Miltiades, IH Stanley, J Bowlby, J Flaherty, J Hippisley-Coc, J Holt-Lunstad, J McNicholas, J McNicholas, JA Udell, Jitka Pikhartova, JM Siegel, JT Cacioppo, JT Cacioppo, L Andersson, LA Peplau, LB Jennings, M Cattan, M Cattan, M Choi, M Kanamori, M Pinquart, MB Holbrook, MI Wallhagen, MM Herrald, MR Banks, MR Banks, N Savikko, NE Mahon, NM Antonacopoulos, P Demakakos, P Raina, R Hagan, RA Findlay, RA Parslow, RB Olsen, RC Thurston, RF Baumeister, RF Gillum, RS Lazarus, RS Wilson, S Borys, T Fokkema, T Tamura, TF Garrity, The European Pet Food Industry, V Burholt   +68 more
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Loneliness as Cause

Topoi, 2023
AbstractWhile loneliness has been linked to various mental and physical health problems, the sense in which loneliness is a cause of these conditions has so far attracted little philosophical attention. This paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing research on health effects of loneliness and therapeutic interventions through current approaches to ...
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Perceived Loneliness and Severe Sleep Disorders in Adult Women during the Covid-19 Quarantine: A Cross-Sectional Study in Colombia

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021
Background: Quarantine is a measure to control COVID-19 spread, resulting in an increased perception of loneliness. In turn, sleep disorders (SD) may be more frequently reported in uncertain circumstances.
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro, Angélica Monterrosa-Blanco, Andrea González-Sequeda   +2 more
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Prospective associations between loneliness and emotional intelligence [PDF]

, 2015
Loneliness has been linked cross-sectionally to emotional skill deficits (e.g., Zysberg, 2012), but missing from the literature is a longitudinal examination of these relationships.
A. Wols, Arbuckle, Asendorpf, Bangee, Brackett, Brackett, Brackett, Brackett, Cacioppo, Cacioppo, Cacioppo, Cacioppo, Cacioppo, Ciarrochi, Cohen, de Jong-Gierveld, Harris, Hawkley, Hawkley, Heinrich, Jobe-Shields, Ladd, Leadbeater, Little, Lopes, Lopes, Marcoen, Marsh, Mayer, Mayer, Mayer, Mestre, Márquez, Nightingale, P. Qualter, Pellegrini, Pellegrini, Peplau, Perlman, Qualter, Qualter, Qualter, Qualter, R.H.J. Scholte, Rivers, Rivers, Schinka, Schinka, Stough, Vanhalst, Vanhalst, Vanhalst, Vanhalst, Wigfield, Young, Zysberg   +55 more
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“It’s a feeling of complete disconnection”: experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood

BMC Psychology, 2023
Background Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical work on this construct, and ...
Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley, Rhiannon N. Turner, Keming Yang, Jenny M. Groarke   +3 more
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