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Social Isolation: Overcoming Linguistic Obstacles and Mitigating Social Isolation in Diverse Communities [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study investigated the influence of language obstacles on social isolation in varied communities, with a specific focus on the Ogbomoso community in Oyo State, Nigeria.
Gbenga Michael Adeyeye
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Decreasing Social Isolation to Enhance Mental Health among Older Adults in China: A Mediation Analysis of Aging Attitude

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
A large body of literature has examined the relationship between social isolation and mental health in older adults. However, only a few studies have examined the mediating effects of aging attitudes on this relationship.
Xinfeng Cheng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social isolation and all-cause mortality: a population-based cohort study in Denmark. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Social isolation is associated with increased mortality. Meta-analytic results, however, indicate heterogeneity in effect sizes. We aimed to provide new evidence to the association between social isolation and mortality by conducting a population-based ...
Adler, Nancy E   +8 more
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The reproduction trajectories of institutions in relation to social isolation of individual population groups in regions of Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article deals with spatial socio-demographic isolation as a factor of the existing settlement system in Russian regions. Theoretically, the phenomena of solitude and social isolation have their own demographic, socio-economic, and psychological ...
Berzin, B. Yu.   +2 more
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Influence of pre-reproductive maternal enrichment on coping response to stress and expression of c-Fos and glucocorticoid receptors in adolescent offspring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Environmental enrichment (EE) is an experimental setting broadly used for investigating the effects of complex social, cognitive, and sensorimotor stimulations on brain structure and function.
Begega, Azucena   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Social support moderates D-dimer and self-rated successful aging within people with HIV and older adults. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Many factors can influence perceptions of successful aging (SA), including social isolation and poor physical health. We hypothesized that social support attenuates the negative effect of plasma D-dimer, a correlate of HIV and aging, on SA.
Jeste, Dilip V   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Behavioural and physiological consequences of acute social defeat in growing gilts: effects of the social environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Endocrine, behavioural and immunologic processes, together with body growth, were evaluated in gilts that were defeated at 10 weeks of age in resident-intruder tests.
Blokhuis, Harry J.,   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Social isolation in adults with cancer: An evolutionary concept analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
BackgroundIn extant literature, the concept of social isolation has been explored primarily in the context of older adults. However, people with cancer may also experience social isolation, and there is a need for increased clarity regarding this ...
Yanjing Liang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Social isolation alters behavior, the gut-immune-brain axis, and neurochemical circuits in male and female prairie voles

open access: yesNeurobiology of Stress, 2020
The absence of social support, or social isolation, can be stressful, leading to a suite of physical and psychological health issues. Growing evidence suggests that disruption of the gut-immune-brain axis plays a crucial role in the negative outcomes ...
Meghan Donovan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dysregulation of prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons leads to adult aggression induced by social isolation stress during adolescence

open access: yesFrontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Social isolation during the juvenile stage results in structural and functional impairment of the brain and deviant adult aggression. However, the specific subregions and cell types that underpin this deviant behavior are still largely unknown.
Xinyang Li   +12 more
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