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Loneliness in later life
— some research findings | | Author(s) | H B Gibson |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 70, October 1999 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 15-19 |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; Questionnaires ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | To help understand the concept of loneliness, the author first considers its treatment in literary works. In the research carried out, the author's intention was to study an older population, and to determine what factors are associated with greater and lesser degrees of loneliness. Participants were members of a branch of the University of the Third Age (U3A), and the article reports on results from 121 questionnaires. While no significant differences were noted by age, there was a tendency for women to feel more lonely than men. However, being unmarried was more associated with loneliness in men than in women. Good health was found to be negatively related to loneliness; this relationship was stronger in men, although the reason for this was unclear. These findings are to be included in a forthcoming book by the author, "Loneliness in later life". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000522215 A |
| Classmark | DV: 3DA: 3F |
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