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| Lost and unfulfilled relationships behind emotional loneliness in old age | | Author(s) | Elisa Tiilikainen, Marjaana Seppanen |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 37, no 5, May 2017 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, May 2017 |
| Pages | pp 1068-1088 |
| Source | cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; Isolation ; Personal relationships ; Qualitative Studies ; Finland. |
| Annotation | Using a qualitative approach, this article examines how the experiences of emotional loneliness are embedded in the everyday lives and relationships of older adults. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted in 2010 with older people who reported feeling lonely, often or all the time, during a cohort study in southern Finland. The research reveals the multifaceted nature of loneliness and its causes. The authors identified lost and unfulfilled relationships as being behind emotional loneliness, involving the loss or lack of a partner, the absence of a meaningful friendship, complex parenthood or troubling childhood experiences. Most of the interviewees have faced loneliness that only began in old age; but for some, loneliness has been present for nearly a lifetime. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170421209 A |
| Classmark | DV: TP: DS: 3DP: 76L |
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