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The prevalence of and risk factors for loneliness among older people in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Copyright @ 2008 Cambridge University Press.Compared with the many studies in western countries, research on the prevalence of and risk factors for loneliness amongst older people in China is sparse.
Victor, CR   +5 more
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The relationships between social support and loneliness: A meta-analysis and review

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
The loneliness of modern people is becoming more and more prominent, and has brought profoundly negative effects on mental health. Social support is an important predictor of loneliness.
Xing Zhang, Shenghong Dong
doaj   +1 more source

On Health and Loneliness

open access: yesAMA Journal of Ethics, 2023
This essay connects loneliness with health problems and argues that both are comorbid with authoritarian politics. Although an old idea from Plato and Aristotle, this problem takes an acute shape in the contemporary world, as argued by Hegel, Hannah Arendt, and Kate Manne, and has a gendered dimension, as men are lonelier than women.
openaire   +2 more sources

The Loneliness of Aging [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Emergency Nursing, 2021
Isolation and loneliness have become buzz words when discussing older adults during the coronavirus disease pandemic; yet, these are age-old problems. Both have been studied extensively, yet there currently is no rapid or succinct tool that can be used in the emergency department to screen for either, or a consensus of evidence-based ways to correct ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The phenotype of loneliness [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Goossens' (in press) review nicely maps the progression of scientific research from its early focus on loneliness as a dysphoric state that results from the discrepancy between a person's ideal and actual social relationships to its current emphasis on the centrality of loneliness to our very nature as a social species, and he argues that developmental
Cacioppo John T., Cacioppo Stephanie
openaire   +3 more sources

A connected Island an Ireland free from loneliness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The Loneliness Taskforce was established by Dr. Keith Swanick in collaboration with Seán Moynihan of ALONE to coordinate a response to the growing issue of loneliness in Ireland.
The Loneliness Taskforce
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding user communication around loneliness on online forums.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Increasingly, individuals experiencing loneliness are seeking support on online forums-some of which focus specifically on discussions around loneliness (loneliness forums); loneliness may influence how these individuals communicate in other online ...
Anietie Andy
doaj   +1 more source

The complexity of loneliness.

open access: yesActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2018
Loneliness is a prevalent and global problem for adult populations, and a number of different studies have linked it to multiple chronic conditions, including: heart disease, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, atherosclerosis, stroke, and metabolic disorders, such as obesity and metabolic disease.
Yanguas, Javier   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Epigenetic silencing of the liver‐specific lncRNA LUNAR promotes liver cancer progression via NOTCH activation

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
LUNAR is a liver‐specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that is highly expressed in normal liver but becomes epigenetically silenced in hepatocellular carcinoma through promoter hypermethylation. Loss of LUNAR is associated with NOTCH activation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and metastasis, whereas restoring LUNAR restrains metastatic progression ...
Se Ha Jang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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