The older, the lonelier? Risk factors for social loneliness in old age

By L. Heylen. Ageing & Society, 2010

143 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a1b82160e5650dd3124304d72fad7a4b12eb7687

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In Health

1. Keming Yang
2. Christina Victor
3. Carolyn Wilson

In Social Psychology

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2. Christina Victor
3. Carolyn Wilson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Christina Victor
2. Keming Yang
3. Carolyn Wilson

Citations in the corpus

• The Prevalence of Loneliness Among Adults: A Case Study of the United Kingdom (2012, background): “…interventions that aim to reduce loneliness within the United Kingdom and elsewhere (Anderson, 1998; De Jong Gierveld, 1998, 2006; Dykstra, 2009; Heylen, 2010; Johnson and Mullins, 1987; Peplau and Perlman, 1982; Rokach, 2000a; Routaslo and Pitkala, 2002; Scarf and De Jong Gierveld, 2008;…”
• Is it love or loneliness? Exploring the impact of everyday digital technology use on the wellbeing of older adults (2017, background): “Heylen (2010) concurs and suggests that people should attach great importance to both quality and quantity of their social networks.”