Being alone in later life: loneliness, social isolation and living alone

By Christina Victor, S. Scambler, J. Bond, Ann Bowling. 2000

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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The association between social support and physical activity in older adults: a systematic review (2017, background): “Older adults have the potential to experience greater levels of loneliness and decreased SS as they encounter significant life events such as retirement, loved ones becoming unwell or passing away, or moving into care [36].”
Measures of Social Isolation (2017, background): “Moreover, the attached stigma to feelings of loneliness may prevent some older people from reporting it (Rotenberg and MacKie 1999; Victor et al. 2000).”
Loneliness among older European adults: results from the survey of health, aging and retirement in Europe (2018, background): “…feel, even though frequently used in the literature, might lead to the underestimation of the true levels of loneliness, as people seem to be reluctant to admit to experiencing loneliness due to unfavorable perceptions attached to loneliness as a socially undesirable state (Victor et al. 2000).”
Late-Life Loneliness in 11 European Countries: Results from the Generations and Gender Survey (2016, background): “Research shows, however, that only 5 to 15 percent of adults aged 60–80 report frequent feelings of loneliness (Dykstra 2009; Pinquart and Sörensen, 2001; Victor et al. 2000).”
Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe (2012, neutral): “Studies have repeatedly shown that older adults who are in poor health, have difficulty making ends meet, have poor social skills, and/or live alone are most prone to loneliness (for reviews see Pinquart and Sörensen 2001; Victor et al. 2000).”
Age differences in loneliness from late adolescence to oldest old age. (2016, background): “The size of the household does not itself protect against loneliness or isolation (Victor et al., 2000).”
The prevalence of and risk factors for loneliness among older people in China (2008, background): “Loneliness is widely perceived as one of the major problems of later life and an extensive literature describes its extent and risk factors (for reviews see Anderson 1998; De Jong Gieveld 1998; Gibson 2001 ; Victor et al. 2000, 2004; Weeks 1994).”
Social isolation: A conceptual and measurement proposal (2014, neutral): “Moreover, the attached stigma to feelings of loneliness may prevent some older people from reporting it (Rotenberg and MacKie 1999; Victor et al. 2000).”