background & aim : the number of cancer patients has been continuously increasing due to early diagnosis and the developments in cancer treatment. this has led to an increase in psychosocial problems associated with the diagnoses and treatment of cancer. loneliness is emphasized to be one of the most frequently observed psychological symptoms in cancer patients. personal and external factors th...

objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy on depression and loneliness of elderly. methods & materials: research instruments consisted of the geriatric depression scale, loneliness scale and music therapy package, all administered on 20 men and 18 women through a pretest-posttest with control group. results: results indicated that music therapy decreases d...

Loneliness is the subjective, unpleasant experience of a perceived discrepancy between the quantity and quality of existing relationships (e.g., with spouse, children, friends) and the relationships one wishes (De Jong Gierveld, Van Tilburg, & Dykstra, 2006; Perlman & Peplau, 1981). Loneliness has to be differentiated from social isolation that concerns the objective characteristics of a situat...

the use of virtual social networks has increased among iranians in the recent years. the aim of this study was to compare some of the reasons of tendency to use these social networking sites (body image satisfaction, emotion regulation and loneliness) among male and female students. research method of the current study was a causal-comparative one. the study population included all male and fem...

Being alone is a state resulting in a variety of consequences, including loneliness and solitude. While solitude is thought to promote individuality, creativity, and self-awareness, loneliness is a painful state marked by a distinct lack of satisfying social relationships. This essay deals with the psychosocial issues of loneliness and solitude. I have made a concerted effort to steer away from...

Alcohol use among adolescents in the United Kingdom (UK) remains relatively high compared to those in other European countries. The present study sought to examine both the direct and indirect effect of loneliness on drinking behavior. Participants were school children (mean age 13.5 years at Time 1) participating in a Randomized Controlled Trial in the UK, who completed a battery of questionna...

The Bangor Longitudinal Study of Ageing (BLSA), conducted in rural Wales from 1979 to 1999, followed a cohort of survivors from more than 500 people over 20 years. Using both quantitative and qualitative data from the study, the factors associated with increases and decreases in loneliness and social isolation were identified. The study was based on a population sample and survivors were follow...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY Loneliness is a key health risk for older adults. Utilizing the loneliness model, we examine the relationship between living arrangement and loneliness among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) older adults, taking into consideration potential correlates including social resources and personal constraints. DESIGN AND METHODS We use data from a national survey of LGB adults a...

The goal of this research is to test whether often observed correlates of loneliness in older age are related to onset of loneliness longitudinally. Despite the increasing number of longitudinal studies, the investigation of factors that are related to onset of loneliness is still limited. Analyses are based on data of the TamELSA study, which is a population-based prospective study in Tampere,...

This article offers a theoretical framework for studying loneliness among the elderly from a social problems perspective. The framework is a combination of the constructionist approach to social problems by Spector and Kitsuse and the theory of social systems by Luhmann. With the first we understand the social problem of loneliness among the elderly as the result of claims-making activities by ...