Everyone has experienced loneliness - perhaps briefly - perhaps for many years. This handbook explores why people of all ages can become lonely, and features steps that can be taken by individuals, communities, and entire societies to prevent and alleviate loneliness. Chapters present rigorous scientific research drawn from psychology, relationship science, neuroscience, physiology, sociology, public health, and gerontology to demystify the phenomenon of loneliness and its consequences. The volume investigates the significant risks that loneliness poses to health and the harmful physiological…mehr
Everyone has experienced loneliness - perhaps briefly - perhaps for many years. This handbook explores why people of all ages can become lonely, and features steps that can be taken by individuals, communities, and entire societies to prevent and alleviate loneliness. Chapters present rigorous scientific research drawn from psychology, relationship science, neuroscience, physiology, sociology, public health, and gerontology to demystify the phenomenon of loneliness and its consequences. The volume investigates the significant risks that loneliness poses to health and the harmful physiological processes it can set in motion. It also details numerous therapeutic approaches to help people overcome loneliness from multiple perspectives, including traditional and cognitive psychotherapy, efforts to connect individuals to their communities, and designing communities and public policies to create a greater sense of social connection. Using accessible terminology understandable to a non-medical audience, it is an important work for social science scholars, students, policymakers, and practitioners.
List of figures List of tables List of contributors Forward by Letitia Anne Peplau Acknowledgements Dedication 1. An introduction: Loneliness theories, research, and interventions in today's changing world Part I. Foundations for Studying Loneliness: 2. Measuring loneliness among adults: An evaluation of current models 3. An evolutionary perspective on loneliness 4. Non evolutionary theories and models for explaining loneliness 5. A Sociological perspective on loneliness 6. A public health perspective on loneliness - Prevent, protect and promote Part II. Loneliness Across the Lifecourse: 7. Loneliness in childhood 8. Loneliness in adolescence 9. Loneliness in mid-life and older adults 10. Life transitions and loneliness Part III. Individual Differences in Loneliness: 11. What difference? a critical evaluation of theories and empirical evidence on gender differences in loneliness 12. To be or not to be (a core trait): Personality factors and loneliness 13. Disabilities and loneliness: Risk and protective factors 14. Loneliness among sexual and gender minorities Part IV. Interpersonal Aspects of Loneliness: 15. Social isolation and loneliness 16. A nuanced view on loneliness by marital status: The importance of past experience and diversity 17. Communication, interaction patterns, and loneliness 18. Social support and loneliness 19. Networks and loneliness Part V. Contextual Influences: 20. Urban planning and loneliness: The impact of objective and perceived built environment factors 21. Stigma and loneliness: Moving from individual deficits to community responsibility 22. Work loneliness: A review of literature and intervention strategies 23. Loneliness and immigration 24. Social media use and loneliness 25. Connected by loneliness: Loneliness across different cultures Part VI. Physical Health, Mental Health and Loneliness: 25. Loneliness and human gene expression 27. The neuroscience of loneliness 28. Physical health, mortality and loneliness 29. COVID-19 and loneliness: The context of social restrictions 30. Loneliness and dementia risk in older adulthood 31. Loneliness and mental health Part VII. Combatting Loneliness: 32. Interventions with adolescents 33. Interventions to reduce loneliness in people with mental health problems 34. Remotely delivered, technology-supported interventions 35. The role of psychological treatments in addressing loneliness 36. Social prescribing: An overview 37. The economics of loneliness 38. A national strategy for loneliness: The end of the road or the start of the journey?
List of figures List of tables List of contributors Forward by Letitia Anne Peplau Acknowledgements Dedication 1. An introduction: Loneliness theories, research, and interventions in today's changing world Part I. Foundations for Studying Loneliness: 2. Measuring loneliness among adults: An evaluation of current models 3. An evolutionary perspective on loneliness 4. Non evolutionary theories and models for explaining loneliness 5. A Sociological perspective on loneliness 6. A public health perspective on loneliness - Prevent, protect and promote Part II. Loneliness Across the Lifecourse: 7. Loneliness in childhood 8. Loneliness in adolescence 9. Loneliness in mid-life and older adults 10. Life transitions and loneliness Part III. Individual Differences in Loneliness: 11. What difference? a critical evaluation of theories and empirical evidence on gender differences in loneliness 12. To be or not to be (a core trait): Personality factors and loneliness 13. Disabilities and loneliness: Risk and protective factors 14. Loneliness among sexual and gender minorities Part IV. Interpersonal Aspects of Loneliness: 15. Social isolation and loneliness 16. A nuanced view on loneliness by marital status: The importance of past experience and diversity 17. Communication, interaction patterns, and loneliness 18. Social support and loneliness 19. Networks and loneliness Part V. Contextual Influences: 20. Urban planning and loneliness: The impact of objective and perceived built environment factors 21. Stigma and loneliness: Moving from individual deficits to community responsibility 22. Work loneliness: A review of literature and intervention strategies 23. Loneliness and immigration 24. Social media use and loneliness 25. Connected by loneliness: Loneliness across different cultures Part VI. Physical Health, Mental Health and Loneliness: 25. Loneliness and human gene expression 27. The neuroscience of loneliness 28. Physical health, mortality and loneliness 29. COVID-19 and loneliness: The context of social restrictions 30. Loneliness and dementia risk in older adulthood 31. Loneliness and mental health Part VII. Combatting Loneliness: 32. Interventions with adolescents 33. Interventions to reduce loneliness in people with mental health problems 34. Remotely delivered, technology-supported interventions 35. The role of psychological treatments in addressing loneliness 36. Social prescribing: An overview 37. The economics of loneliness 38. A national strategy for loneliness: The end of the road or the start of the journey?
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