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Intervention against loneliness in a group of elderly women
— an impact evaluation | | Author(s) | Lars Andersson |
| Journal title | Social Science and Medicine, vol 20, no 4, 1985 |
| Pages | pp 355-364 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Loneliness ; Emotions ; Attitude ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social work ; Evaluation ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | An intervention programme, based on an interpretation of everyday loneliness as consisting of emotional and social estrangement, is discussed. The main variables were: availability of a confidant; social comparison; and personal control (the CCC design). The intervention took the form of small group meetings. The sample consisted of older women living in Stockholm, Sweden, and interviews were held before, and 6 months after participation in the programme. Results showed that subjects had less feelings of loneliness, and also less feelings of meaninglessness, more social contacts, higher self-esteem, greater ability to trust, and lower blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) after the intervention. Analyses showed that women with several years of adult employment in the same job experience the greatest decrease in feelings of loneliness. Those who had had much contact with their parents, or had experienced serious or protracted illness in the family during childhood, had the greatest decline in blood pressure. It was concluded that change in blood pressure operates through some other mechanism than one which affects loneliness. Finally, a model is presented for distinguishing between different levels of intimacy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981214006 A |
| Classmark | BD: DV: DL: DP: F: IG: 4C: 76P * |
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