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Social Isolation and Inequality [PDF]
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2004 There is an increasing interest in the concept of social exclusion and the related concept of social isolation and their potential role in understanding inequality.
Dan Silverman, Andrew Postlewaite
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The Neuroendocrinology of Social Isolation [PDF]
Annual Review of Psychology, 2015 Social isolation has been recognized as a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in humans for more than a quarter of a century. Although the focus of research has been on objective social roles and health behavior, the brain is the key organ for forming, monitoring, maintaining, repairing, and replacing salutary connections with others ...
John T Cacioppo +2 more
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How Do the Support Networks of Older People Influence Their Experiences of Social Isolation in Care Homes? [PDF]
, 2021 Understanding how to better support older people living in care homes is imperative for improving their wellbeing and quality of life. Despite this, little research has explored how support networks are structured and composed for individual residents ...
Ferguson, Jennifer M. +1 more
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011 Social species, by definition, form organizations that extend beyond the individual. These structures evolved hand in hand with behavioral, neural, hormonal, cellular, and genetic mechanisms to support them because the consequent social behaviors helped these organisms survive, reproduce, and care for offspring sufficiently long that they too ...
John T, Cacioppo +3 more
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Measures of Social Isolation [PDF]
Social Indicators Research, 2016 Social isolation is a deprivation of social connectedness. It is a crucial aspect that continues to be named by people as a core impediment for achieving well-being and as a relevant factor for understanding poverty. However it is not routinely included in surveys that provide data on multidimensional poverty measurement.
Zavaleta, D., Samuel, K., Mills, C.T.
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Reducing social isolation and promoting well being in older people [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reports on a three year research project exploring the impacts of an intervention seeking to reduce social isolation in the older age group.
Hemingway, Ann +3 more
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Adaptation to social isolation Acute and long-term stress responses of growing gilts with different coping characteristics [PDF]
, 2001 The present experiment studied the acute and long-term stress responses of reactive and proactive prepubertal gilts to social isolation. Gilts with either reactive or proactive features were identified according to behavioral resistance in a backtest at ...
te Brake, JHA +18 more
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Social isolation's measurements in the ageing population [PDF]
, 2022 openSocial isolation has been found to be a detrimental factor in the lives of people. This is especially true for older adults, who, by ageing, encounter also other issues, both physical and psychological.
GUERRESCHI, FRANCESCA
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Online Social Connection as a Buffer of Health Anxiety and Isolation During COVID-19
, 2021 COVID-19 has given rise to a myriad of social, psychological, and health-related complications. The specific mental health implications of COVID-19 are still being uncovered, but we know that there are likely to be negative outcomes for many people. This
Barber, Bonnie +4 more
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Social exclusion and social isolation in later life
, 2021 Social exclusion and social isolation refer to situations in which people are detached from society. A key distinction between the two terms is that social isolation is conceptualized and operationalized as an individual-level characteristic of being ...
Carr, D. +3 more
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