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..We tested hypotheses of associations between positive and negative affects and social and emotional loneliness (285 adults), IQ (117 adolescents) and polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR rs53576, rs2254298 and ..

Social isolation and loneliness in humans have been associated with physical and psychological morbidity, as well as mortality. This study aimed to assess the etiology of individual differences in feelings of loneliness...

..designed to stimulate improvement in friendship, self-esteem and subjective well-being, as well as reduction in loneliness among older women...

This paper is a report of a study to explore the effects of psychosocial group nursing intervention on older people's feelings of loneliness, social activity and psychological well-being.

..The study examined the extent to which social anxiety explains results previously attributed to loneliness as a predictor of preference for online social interaction and problematic Internet use...

Recent studies indicate that loneliness is a significant risk factor for many ailments from colds to heart disease...

The aim of this work was to study feelings of loneliness and fear among elderly people (75+) in a gender perspective, and to explore their causes.

The purpose of this study was to explore relationships among anxiety, loneliness, and degree of social skill deficit in a sample of youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...

..The pre & post measures included the UCLA Loneliness scale, modified CES Depression scale, a measure of locus of control, computer attitudes, number of confidants, ..

The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence and self-reported causes of loneliness among Finnish older population...

This study investigated the relation between friendship, loneliness and depressive symptoms in adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome (AS)...

b>Loneliness is a prevalent social problem with serious physiological and health implications...

..Researchers have attributed this association to the feelings of loneliness that accompany social isolation, but they have rarely assessed loneliness directly...

This study evaluated the association between loneliness and the metabolic syndrome, which refers to a clustering of factors that have been shown to increase risk for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and mortality...

..Correlations between depression, loneliness, health, and HIV/AIDS-related stigma have been studied, but there is little evaluation of these associations ..

Prior research has established clear links between social support, loneliness, and various health outcomes. This study was designed to test several theoretically derived explanations for such associations...

..Results confirmed that loneliness predicted higher TPR and lower CO during a normal day...

..sores and moderate satisfaction of nursing home care, but increases in physical restraints and psychological loneliness. Study results suggest that long-term nursing home care may improve residents' quality of life...

To compare speech understanding ability, the level of depression, and the degree of loneliness experienced by elderly cochlear implant (CI) users (>or= 70 years), adult CI users (<or= 60 years), and elderly hearing aid (HA) users (&..

b>Loneliness and social isolation, particularly in the older adult, have been shown to influence psychosocial well-being...

There is a paucity of past research concerning longitudinal changes in loneliness in old age and in the factors that correlate with loneliness in older persons...

..In this review, we focus on loneliness as a crucial marker of social relationship deficits and contend that loneliness should command clinicians' ..

..55 years of age and older, improved with regard to self-management ability, well-being, and social and emotional loneliness after having participated in a newly designed self-management group intervention based on the Self-Management of ..

b>Loneliness is a distressing feeling of a lack of satisfying human relationships. It is associated with poor quality of life, impaired health, and increased mortality among older individuals...

This article provides an introduction to the special volume on research related to issues of social isolation and loneliness for older people...

To describe the experience of loneliness for women more than a year following breast cancer treatment.

..both quantitative and qualitative data from the study, the factors associated with increases and decreases in loneliness and social isolation were identified...

To examine associations between loneliness and risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) over a 19-year follow-up period in a community sample of men and women...

We investigated the prospective impact of self-reported loneliness on all-cause mortality, mortality from ischemic disease and mortality from other cardiovascular diseases...

..Measures of perceived social support and loneliness were administered before and after a 3-month, group-based intervention...

..of this paper is to provide the rationale for an evaluation design for a complex intervention program targeting loneliness among non-institutionalized elderly people in a Dutch community...

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a videoconference intervention program in improving nursing home residents' social support, loneliness, and depressive status.

..and social support influence well-being by different pathways, with the impact of marital status mediated by emotional loneliness and the impact of social support mediated by social loneliness. Results clearly supported attachment theory.

..Perceptions of social isolation, or loneliness, increase vigilance for threat and heighten feelings of vulnerability while also raising the desire to reconnect...

..It is well known that depression and loneliness may exist in those with chronic diseases, but the coexistence of depression and loneliness in people with sickle ..

This study examines whether patterns of social network size, functional social support, and loneliness are different for older persons with different types of chronic diseases.

This article focuses on the cutting scores for the measurement of loneliness on the Loneliness Scale. A cutting score is used to distinguish the lonely from the not lonely...

Although often associated with older age, loneliness and social isolation are not well understood in terms of their prevalence, risk and protective factors...

b>Loneliness is assumed to peak in early adolescence and to decrease throughout middle and late adolescence, but longitudinal confirmation of this tendency is lacking...

Social interaction with peers and the understanding and feelings of loneliness were examined in 18 high-functioning children with autism and 17 typically developing children matched for IQ, chronological age, gender, and maternal ..

Two studies using cross-sectional designs explored four possible mechanisms by which loneliness may have deleterious effects on health: health behaviors, cardiovascular activation, cortisol levels, and sleep.

b>Loneliness is a psychological experience related to social isolation and perceived lack of companionship, and may be relevant to health risk...

b>Loneliness and friendship were examined in 22 high-functioning children with autism and 19 typically developing children equated with the autistic children for IQ, CA, gender, mother's education, and ethnicity...

The discrepancy between an individual's loneliness and the number of connections in a social network is well documented, yet little is known about the placement of loneliness within, or the spread of loneliness through, social networks...

Extensive research has been completed to investigate loneliness in adolescents over the past several decades; identification of key predictors for loneliness was needed using meta-analytic techniques.

..Existential loneliness may be an important existential issue that arises for these women and needs to be given equal consideration ..

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of a psychosocial group intervention on loneliness and social support in Japanese women with breast cancer. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled trial...

To determine the general health and social status of elderly persons surveyed in Trinidad and to explore issues of loneliness.

..Their loneliness is related to impaired ability to make and keep friends, lack of opportunities to participate in social ..

..one's articulateness, the past, the present and the future, influenced by increasing powerlessness, loneliness and isolation, and the experience of existing in an persistent, and with time, unconquerable struggle to ..

..5), from Cook County, Illinois (N = 229), was tested to examine how loneliness and co-occurring psychosocial factors (depressive symptoms, perceived stress, social support, and hostility) ..

We obtained evidence from a large study in Dutch twins (N=8,387) and siblings (N=2,295) that variation in loneliness has a genetic component...

..bed to chair, dressing and bathing), social contacts with family and friends/neighbours and emotional and social loneliness. A quantitative research approach, using a survey design, was performed...

The extent to which loneliness is a unique risk factor for depressive symptoms was determined in 2 population-based studies of middle-aged to older adults, and the possible causal influences between loneliness and depressive symptoms were ..

..Elevated levels of loneliness throughout the semester and small social networks were independently associated with poorer antibody response to ..

Both homelessness and loneliness are pervasive in North America...

This study examined the relationship of overt and relational victimization to social anxiety, loneliness, and prosocial behaviours in a sample of female adolescents...

The purpose of this investigation was to explore how loneliness is described in literature and research. The study employed a hermeneutic approach rooted in the ideology of humanistic science in a caritative nursing tradition...

The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the loneliness levels and the variables that have an effect on the loneliness of women with a gynecological cancer diagnosis...

To identify the differences in loneliness, depression, and social support among Turkish patients with COPD and their spouses.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether older age is associated with increasing loneliness in people aged 60 and over. Data came from TamELSA, a population-based prospective longitudinal study in Tampere, Finland...

..in congregate facilities affords social exposure, yet does not guarantee access to close relationships, so that loneliness may be a result...

..based on two small studies in children indicate that the genetic contribution to individual differences in loneliness is approximately 50%...

b>Loneliness is an indicator of social well-being and pertains to the feeling of missing an intimate relationship (emotional loneliness) or missing a wider social network (social loneliness)...

To determine cross-sectional and prospective associations between loneliness and physical activity, and to evaluate the roles of social control and emotion regulation as mediators of these associations.

..representations of the self and others contributes to internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and loneliness. One-hundred and ninety three girls, and 206 boys were assessed annually from age 5 (kindergarten) to age 10 (..

b>Loneliness is an underrecognized component of the experience of chronic illness and disability. Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at risk for loneliness due to social network changes that occur in the course of chronic illness...

The present investigation was conducted to predict children's loneliness and social satisfaction growth curves from changes in their peer victimization status...

Compared 6 self-rating measures of loneliness and associated phenomena, designed for use with elementary-school children. Three samples of children in Grades 5 and 6 (total N = 758) completed various combinations of these instruments...

To examine the associations between life satisfaction, loneliness, general health and depression among 172 medical students in Malaysia.

This study examines predictors of loneliness among low-income older adults through a framework named MODEL (Model of Depression and Loneliness), which we developed to address the need for a comprehensive and intervention-oriented theory ..

Some links between loneliness and different manifestations of suicidal conduct have been reported in variety of subgroups (e.g., college students, the elderly, psychiatric patients)...

This report presents the results of the first behavioral genetic studies of children's loneliness. Data were collected using both an adoption design and a twin-sibling design...

b>Loneliness as a factor in the development of depression in Alzheimer's disease (AD) spousal caregivers has been given little attention...

..small cross-sectional studies in children indicate that the genetic contribution to individual differences in loneliness is approximately 50%...

Social isolation in old age has been associated with risk of developing dementia, but the risk associated with perceived isolation, or loneliness, is not well understood.

In previous studies we obtained evidence that variation in loneliness has a genetic component. Based on adult twin data, the heritability estimate for loneliness, which was assessed as an ordinal trait, was 48%...

The study compared the qualitative aspects of the loneliness experience of the dying, their caregivers, and the general population.

..a vulnerability factor for depressive symptoms in the absence but not in the presence of social support and that loneliness mediates the relation between shyness and depressive symptom increases...

The authors examined the relation among different facets of loneliness and depression in a sample of 6,356 Chinese children and adolescents from Grades 4-9...

b>Loneliness is a phenomenon that has been recorded in literature throughout the ages. It is now being recognized as problem not only in adults but in children and adolescents as well...

..Patterns were identified including insights into SLT service delivery and possible directions for future research and development...

..Findings affirmed the value of creating networks among lesbians with cancer within a context of increased accessibility to mainstream cancer services...

This study compares the manner in which the dying, their caregivers, and the general population cope with loneliness. The patients were recruited in an oncological hospice in Israel and, despite being on their deathbed, agreed to ..

This article, brought to you in association with Help the Aged, highlights the problem of social exclusion and loneliness and some of the issues of working with socially isolated older people.

..Part one discussed the background to the study, gave an overview of the literature and described the methodology. This second part will discuss the findings in relation to the literature together with implications for practice...

..The limitations of the study will be described, together with conclusions and recommendations for practice and further research...

..The purpose of the research was to analyse the structure of social networks as well as types and sources of support received by patients with unipolar disease...

Elderly women who live alone are considered at greater risk for loneliness, depression, and decreased mobility...

..The purpose of the research was to analyse the structure of social networks as well as types and sources of support received by patients with unipolar and bipolar disease...

The relationship between loneliness and general health was investigated in 159 older females living in the community. Pet attachment support, a variable tested as a mediator of this relationship, was examined also...

..The family members and the clinicians bring us to an understanding that, often, it is the willingness to step off of the map that makes for the best traveling companion in the spiritual walk of grief...

..Developing virtual support groups and testing the effects on psychosocial indicators associated with adaptation to chronic illness may help remove barriers to adaptation...

..Stigmatization and loss of social network. Uncertainty, powerlessness and hope. Loneliness. Anger and despair. The persistent threat. Own health problems. Grief over loss. Dawning acceptance...

..The relationship between depression, perceived social support, loneliness, and life satisfaction is statistically significant, F(6, 172) = 4.36, p < .001...

..Peer victimization at time 2 was significantly related to concurrent depression, loneliness, externalizing and internalizing symptoms...

..The aim of this study was to identify and describe predictors of QOL of elders who live alone in Taiwan...

Older women report more loneliness than male peers. Loneliness is an area of concern related to the well being of older women because it is a cause of emotional distress and is linked to a variety of health problems in older individuals...

..Few studies have focused on how women are coping with myocardial infarction...

..Participants also completed measures of loneliness and perceived social support...

..Based on the findings of this study, measures of how nurses can help reduce these young adults' isolation in a rural area are suggested...

..Significance: Depression, physical health decline, loneliness, and social isolation are key issues of concern for older adults...

..Significance: Depression, physical health decline, loneliness, and social isolation are key issues of concern for older adults...

..These behaviors are shaped by social environmental resource factors, including social support, loneliness and neighborhood social cohesion...

..to the myriad psychosocial factors that can contribute to sustained alcohol abuse: isolation, stress, loneliness, and boredom...

..Further, we found that loneliness, psychological distress, and cognitive activity were all related to incident AD, but were not related to ..

..Further, we found that loneliness, psychological distress, and cognitive activity were all related to incident AD, but were not related to ..

..Spouses reported less social support, more loneliness, and less posttraumatic growth than BMT survivors...

..older adults and health care and social service providers, but it can lead to withdrawal from social networks, loneliness and a declining sense of self-efficacy...

..older adults and health care and social service providers, but it can lead to withdrawal from social networks, loneliness and a declining sense of self-efficacy...

..Social isolation has significant health consequences in older adults, but it is not known how feelings of loneliness and loss of emotional connections lead to increases in disease risk...

..In addition, all of the studies examine how dispositional trust, loneliness, social contact, cognitive functioning, time frame, and financial literacy affect perceptions of trust, deceit, ..

..Social isolation has significant health consequences in older adults, but it is not known how feelings of loneliness and loss of emotional connections lead to increases in disease risk...

..In addition, all of the studies examine how dispositional trust, loneliness, social contact, cognitive functioning, time frame, and financial literacy affect perceptions of trust, deceit, ..

..the relationship between older adult sexuality and social embeddedness including: sociability, independence, loneliness, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. C...

..B) Evaluate the relationship between sexuality and social embeddedness including: sociability, independence, loneliness, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse...

..in Aim 2, the focus is on the experience of aloneness, assessed objectively as living alone and subjectively as "loneliness." In Aim 3, a model of suicide planning that incorporates these variables is evaluated that posits reactive ..

..in Aim 2, the focus is on the experience of aloneness, assessed objectively as living alone and subjectively as "loneliness." In Aim 3, a model of suicide planning that incorporates these variables is evaluated that posits reactive ..

..include psychosocial status (social support, self-efficacy, self-esteem, empowerment, stress, depression, and loneliness), computer literacy skills, and health knowledge...

..John Cacioppo, this study seeks to explain the effect of psychosocial factors, including loneliness, on age-related changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP)...

..Clinical correlates include headaches or stomachaches, panic, avoidance, general anxiety, dysphoria, loneliness, and a very restricted range of social relationships...

..negative and positive), social support (friends and family), and indices of mental health (depression, loneliness, self-esteem, anxiety, coping, stress, medical adherence and alcohol and substance use) along with basic ..

..g., loneliness) and mental health, 2) in the context of everyday social interactions and daily fluctuations in well-being, and ..

..include headaches or stomach aches, panic attacks, crying, avoidance, general anxiety, dysphoria, a sense of loneliness, and a very restricted range of social relationships...

..Effects on caregivers will include self-report of their physical and mental well health (SF 12) and their emotional response to their situation (perceived stress, coping, perceived self-competency, and loneliness).

b>Loneliness is a common experience among older individuals that can adversely affect physical and mental health. The effect of loneliness on health is mediated, at least in part, by psychological stress...