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| Loneliness, religiousness and purpose in life in the oldest old | | Author(s) | Margareth Bondevik, Anders Skogstad |
| Journal title | Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 11, no 1, 2000 |
| Pages | pp 5-22 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Centenarians ; Nursing homes ; Living in the community ; Loneliness ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Norway. |
| Annotation | Two groups of Norwegian individuals 80 years of age and older, one living in nursing homes and one in the community, were compared with respect to loneliness, religiousness, purpose in life (PIL) and age group. There were no differences in loneliness identified between groups with regard to residence. Community residents aged 80-89 reported significantly higher loneliness scores than did those aged 90-105. Most of the subjects reported religion to be important, but age group comparisons yielded non-significant results. Residents living in the community reported significantly higher PIL scores than did residents in institutions. In addition, the oldest community group reported significantly higher PIL scores compared with the lower aged group. Analysis of variance showed significantly higher (negative) correlations between loneliness and purpose in life than between these phenomena and religiousness. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011023201 A |
| Classmark | KX: BBM: BBR: BBT: LHB: K4: DV: EX: DP: 76N |
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