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Societal- and community-level strategies to improve social connectedness among older adults

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Matthew Lee Smith, Matthew Lee Smith, Matthew Lee Smith, Jillian Racoosin, Jillian Racoosin, Jillian Racoosin, Risa Wilkerson, Ronald Matthew Ivey, Louise Hawkley, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas K. M. Cudjoe   +12 more
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Nationwide longitudinal study reveals impact of both national restriction levels and genetic risk factors on loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic

Scientific Reports
The impact of social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic on social isolation and loneliness has been widely debated, yet little attention has been given to identifying particularly vulnerable groups.
Liam Quinn, Maria Didriksen, Christian Erikstrup, Bitten Aagaard, Christina Mikkelsen, DBDS genetic consortium, Henrik Ullum, Janna Nissen, Jakob Thaning Bay, Khoa Manh Dinh, Mie Topholm Bruun, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Thomas Werge, Andrew J. Schork, Ole Birger Pedersen, Lea Arregui Nordahl Christoffersen   +15 more
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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loneliness in schizophrenia: Just loneliness

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Abstract Loneliness is reported by the majority of people with schizophrenia (∼80%), yet the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying loneliness in this population are incompletely understood. Similar to the general population, loneliness in schizophrenia is associated with cognitive biases toward mistrusting others, as well as ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of the sense of power on loneliness among international students in China: the chain mediating role of perceived discrimination and loneliness stigma

BMC Psychology
Background Loneliness is a common emotional experience among international students that can affect their mental health, cultural adaptation, and academic development.
Qunming Yuan, Xinchang Lu, Xiaoli Shi, Jiaqi Leng, Zhiguang Fan   +4 more
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between qualitative and quantitative loneliness and suicidal ideation by occupational classification in the working-age population: a nationally-representative survey

BMC Public Health
Background Rising digitalization and individualism in the workplace after the COVID-19 pandemic have increased loneliness and related problems in the working-age population.
Jihye Heo, Jin Lee, Hyunjin Cho, Juhee Cho, Danbee Kang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source