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Transitions in loneliness among older adults
— a 5-year follow-up in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project | | Author(s) | Louise C Hawkley, Masha Kocherginsky |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 40, no 4, April 2018 |
| Publisher | Sage, April 2018 |
| Pages | pp 365-387 |
| Source | http://www.journals.sagepub.com/home/roa |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A substantial portion of the older adult population suffers from frequent feelings of loneliness, but a large proportion remains relatively unscathed by loneliness. To date, research examining both protective and risk factors for loneliness has not included data from the United States. This study used the first two waves of data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) to examine sociodemographic, structural and functional factors thought to be associated with loneliness in older adults. Functional limitations and low family support were associated with an increase in loneliness frequency (as were more strained friendships), and with transitioning from non-lonely to lonely status. Better self-rated health, higher levels of socialising frequency, and lower family strain were associated with transitioning from lonely to non-lonely status. Interventions that target these factors may be effective in preventing and reducing loneliness and its effects on health and well-being in older adults. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180413201 A |
| Classmark | DV: F: CC: 3J: 7T |
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