Coping with loneliness: What do older adults suggest?
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Coping with loneliness: what do older adults suggest?
OBJECTIVES A limited amount of information is available on how older adults cope with loneliness. Two ways of coping are distinguished here, i.e., active coping by improving relationships and regulative coping by lowering expectations about relationships. We explore how often older adults suggest these options to their lonely peers in various situations and to what extent individual resources i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aging & Mental Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1360-7863,1364-6915
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.630373