The experience of social and emotional loneliness among older people in Ireland

By J. Drennan, M. Treacy, M. Butler, A. Byrne, G. Fealy, K. Frazer, K. Irving. Ageing & Society, 2008

125 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Health

1. L. Heylen
2. Carolyn Wilson
3. P. Dykstra
4. Rik Pieters
5. Jenni Dykstra

In Social Psychology

1. Carolyn Wilson
2. L. Heylen
3. P. Dykstra

In Sociology and Political Science

1. L. Heylen
2. Carolyn Wilson
3. P. Dykstra
4. Rik Pieters
5. T. Hansen
6. Jenni Dykstra
7. B. Slagsvold

Citations in the corpus

• Is it love or loneliness? Exploring the impact of everyday digital technology use on the wellbeing of older adults (2017, background): “…of moments; a function that is imperative for people whose health problems can affect mobility and participation in social and leisure activities (Drennan et al. 2008, Scherger, Nazroo and Higgs 2010): Participant I: “The other day a recent carer in my wife's nursing home took it into her…”
• Older adult loneliness: myths and realities (2009, background): “Following Weiss (1973), it has become common to distinguish emotional and social loneliness (Drennan et al. 2008; Dykstra and Fokkema 2007; Perlman 2004; Van Baarsen et al. 2001).”
• The older, the lonelier? Risk factors for social loneliness in old age (2010, background): “…been done on the distinction between emotional and social loneliness, recent research has emphasised its importance (DiTommaso and Spinner 1997 ; Drennan et al. 2008; Dugan and Kivett 1994; Dykstra and de JongGierveld 2004; Dykstra and Fokkema 2007; Gupta and Korte 1994; Stroebe et al. 1996;…”