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Breaking the cycle of loneliness?
— psychological effects of a friendship enrichment program for older women | | Author(s) | C M S Martina, N L Stevens |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 5, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 467-475 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Loneliness ; Friendship ; Projects ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The friendship enrichment programme is an intervention designed to stimulate improvement in friendship, self-esteem and subjective well-being, as well as reducing loneliness in older women .In this Dutch study, an intervention group who were interested in the programme or in improving their friendships was compared to a control group. All respondents had been studied at three points in time: at baseline prior to the programme, 3 months later, and 9-10 months after baseline. The results indicate that the programme was successful in attracting lonely older women who were willing to work on their friendships. Many participants reported improvement in the quality and quantity of their friendships. The programme was moderately successful in subjective well-being and awareness of the need for an active stance toward achieving goals in social relations, especially in friendship. Loneliness among the participants was reduced, but it also declined in the control group, although both groups continued to experience loneliness. One conclusion is that an effective intervention to help older women reduce their loneliness should be multidimensional, focusing not only on friendship but also on other personal and situational factors contributing to loneliness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070112205 A |
| Classmark | BD: DV: DS:SX: 3E: 3J: 76H |
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