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Does owning a pet protect older people against loneliness? [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundPet 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 proposed as a solution to the problem of loneliness in later life and ...
Victor, Christina +5 more
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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 +3 more
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Family influences on adolescent loneliness [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 Loneliness is one of the negative emotions that is often brought up in everyday life. Loneliness has a variety of negative effects and can lead to suicidal thoughts at best.
Ying Mingjun
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AMA Journal of Ethics, 2023 The internet and related media play key roles in education, work, and leisure. It could be argued that people have better interpersonal interactions because of social media, which could reduce loneliness. But documented internet use patterns suggest that the internet increases loneliness.
Andrew P, Smith, Hasah, Alheneidi
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The Impact of Loneliness on Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction Among Older, Sicker Adults
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2015 Objective: This study estimated prevalence rates of loneliness, identified characteristics associated with loneliness, and estimated the impact of loneliness on quality of life (QOL) and patient satisfaction.
Shirley Musich PhD +3 more
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Loneliness as experienced by adolescents and young adults: an explorative qualitative study
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2022 Mental health problems among adolescents and young adults are increasing worldwide together with loneliness, which is considered a global public health problem.
Jessica Hemberg +5 more
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Determining the Quality of Life, Social and Emotional Loneliness of Physically Disabled Individuals
علوم بهداشتی ایران, 2022 Background and purpose: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the life quality of physically disabled individuals and their social and emotional loneliness. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional type of research in which "
Tuncay POLAT, Fevziye ÇETİNKAYA
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BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background Frailty is a common condition in older adults that is characterized by transitions between frailty states in both directions (progression and reversion) over time.
Bin-Lin Chu, Wen Zhang
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Loneliness can have a detrimental impact on health, yet little is known about the association between disability and loneliness. Methods Secondary analysis of three waves of data collected between 2017 and 2020 by the UK’s annual household ...
Eric Emerson +7 more
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Counteracting loneliness: on the restorative function of nostalgia
, 2008 Four studies tested whether nostalgia can counteract reductions in perceived social support caused by loneliness. Loneliness reduced perceptions of social support but increased nostalgia. Nostalgia, in turn, increased perceptions of social support. Thus,
Sedikides, Constantine +7 more
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