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Rokach, Ami; Orzeck, Tricia; Cripps, Janice; Lacković-Grgin, Katica; Penezić, Zvjezdan

doi:10.1023/a:1007183101458

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“…Johnson and Mullins (1987) posited that loneliness should be more prevalent in countries that strongly emphasize cohesion than in more individualistic societies. Although mean levels of loneliness appear to vary across countries (Stack, 1998), studies that directly compared two or more countries concerning their levels of loneliness arrived at inconsistent conclusions (Fokkema, de Jong Gierveld, & Dykstra, 2012; İmamoğlu, Küller, İmamoğlu, & Küller, 1993; Martin, Hagberg, & Poon, 1997; Rokach, Orzeck, Cripps, Lackovitz-Grgin, & Penezic, 2001; van Tilburg, Havens, & de Jong Gierveld, 2004; Yang & Victor, 2011). It has to be noted, though, that these studies have compared participants from countries with presumably very similar value system (e.g., Canada vs. Croatia or Canada vs. Italy vs. the Netherlands).…”

Section: The Development Of Lonelinessmentioning

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The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

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Freuding

Möbius

et al. 2019

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

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Individuals experience loneliness when they perceive a deficiency in the quality or quantity of their social relationships. In the present meta-analysis, we compiled data from 75 longitudinal studies conducted in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America ( N = 83, 679) to examine the rank-order and mean-level development of loneliness across the life span. Data were analyzed using two- and three-level meta-analyses and generalized additive mixed models. The results indicate that the rank order of loneliness is as stable as the rank order of personality traits and follows an inverted U-shaped trajectory across the life span. Regarding mean-level development, loneliness was found to decrease throughout childhood and to remain essentially stable from adolescence to oldest old age. Thus, in contrast to other personality characteristics, changes in loneliness are not generally related to age. Implications for theory are discussed.

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Section: The Development Of Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

Mund

Freuding

Möbius

et al. 2019

Pers Soc Psychol Rev

270

223

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“…Older adults in these circumstances are less optimistic and feel unable to control unwanted things that happen in their lives (Krause, Newsom and Rook 2008). Economic insecurity, deteriorating public health services, and political upheavals have weakened feelings of social integration and increased the risks of loneliness among older adults in Eastern Europe (Rokach et al 2001). …”

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Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

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Dykstra

Schenk³

2012

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“…This is why similar social configurations (e.g., being single, having few friends, working alone, etc.) in different people, cultures, or even historical periods often give rise to very different feelings of loneliness (Peplau and Perlman, 1982;Rokach et al, 2001;Klinenberg, 2016;Snell, 2017). Thus, loneliness is distinct from "social connectedness" which refers to a more objective situational condition involving number, diversity, and frequency of connections (De Jong Gierveld, 1998).…”

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“…Thus, loneliness is distinct from "social connectedness" which refers to a more objective situational condition involving number, diversity, and frequency of connections (De Jong Gierveld, 1998). In fact, distinguishing between loneliness and social connectedness also makes sense from a health perspective, since the causal pathways linking them to infirmity or higher mortality are partially independent (Rokach et al, 2001;Cacioppo et al, 2009;Shankar et al, 2011;Boss et al, 2015).…”

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Meaning in Life: A Major Predictive Factor for Loneliness Comparable to Health Status and Social Connectedness

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Objective: Loneliness is the subjective distress of feeling alone and has a strong impact on wellbeing and health. In addition to well-known predictors like isolation and poor health, a better understanding of the psychological determinants of loneliness would offer effective targets for future complementary interventions.Methods: In this cross-sectional observational study (N = 2,240), we compared the explanatory power of several important risk factors of loneliness with the affective, motivational, and cognitive aspects of the Meaning in Life (MiL) construct. Different nested linear models were compared including socio-demographic, lifestyles, social-connectedness, and self-rated health variables, to assess the overlapping and non-overlapping explanatory power of each of them.Results: Health status and MiL were found to be the most important predictors of loneliness, followed by social connectedness and, with a much lower weight, lifestyles, and socio-demographic factors. Within the MiL factor, the most cognitive component, sense of coherence, had a greater explanatory power than the more affective and motivational ones.Conclusion: Reduced MiL, the capacity of an individual to attach “value and significance” to life, is a crucial predictor to the feeling of loneliness. These results suggest that programs aiming to combat loneliness should go well beyond situational interventions and include more cognitive, value-centered interventions that enable individuals to define and pursue a meaningful vital plan.

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Cited by 54 publications

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The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies

Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

Meaning in Life: A Major Predictive Factor for Loneliness Comparable to Health Status and Social Connectedness

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