Lonely but Not Alone: Emotional Isolation and Social Isolation as Two Distinct Dimensions of Loneliness in Older People

By B. van Baarsen, Tom A. B. Snijders, J. Smit, Marijtje A. J. van Duijn. 2001

239 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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In General Health Professions

1. John T. Cacioppo
2. Louise C. Hawkley
3. L. Waite
4. S. Richards
5. A. Dickens
6. P. Dykstra
7. C. Greaves
8. John L Campbell

In Health

1. John T. Cacioppo
2. Louise C. Hawkley
3. L. Waite
4. P. Dykstra
5. L. Heylen
6. Erin York Cornwell
7. Anastas Philalithis
8. A. Papadaki

In Social Psychology

1. John T. Cacioppo
2. Louise C. Hawkley
3. L. Waite
4. L. Heylen
5. Anastas Philalithis
6. A. Papadaki
7. M. Linardakis
8. Maria Vozikaki

Citations in the corpus

• The older, the lonelier? Risk factors for social loneliness in old age (2010, background): “Many analysts have focused on the direct independent effects of the quality and quantity of social contacts (e.g. Drageset 2004; Dykstra and de JongGierveld 2004; van Baarsen et al. 2001).”
• Social and Emotional Loneliness Among Divorced and Married Men and Women: Comparing the Deficit and Cognitive Perspectives (2007, background): “Very little research has been conducted into these two types of loneliness in the Netherlands, and it was only recently that the distinction regained the attention of Dutch scholars (van Baarsen, Smit, Snijders, & Knipscheer, 1999 ; van Baarsen, Snijders, Smit, & van Duijn, 2001 ; Dykstra & de Jo”
• Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011, background): “The two forms of loneliness differ in potential duration, as the former may be alleviated through gaining new acquaintances while the latter can only be resolved by the formation of an intimate bond [17], which may take longer.”
• Loneliness among older European adults: results from the survey of health, aging and retirement in Europe (2018, background): “Old age has thus been considered as a life period where intimate attachment figures are more likely to be lacking due to loss of contemporaries and shrinkage of prior family and social bonds (van Baarsen et al. 2001).”
• A Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness in Large Surveys (2004, background): “However, significant individual differences in loneliness abound within these relationship categories (e.g., single, married; Barbour 1993; de Jong-Gierveld 1987; Tornstam 1992), as people also can live what feels to them to be an isolated existence even when around others (Cacioppo et al. 2000; Mul”
• Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults (2009, background): “As a result, older adults’ perceptions of their social resources and relationships may not reflect their actual levels of connectedness (Schnittker 2007; Shaw et al. 2007; van Baarsen et al. 2001; van Tilburg et al. 1998).”