Format:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781000890488
Series Statement:
Aging and Mental Health Research Series
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Concepts: Loneliness and social isolation -- Chapter 1: The concepts and measurement of social isolation and loneliness -- A brief description of the two concepts -- Social isolation -- The concept and definition -- The measurement of social isolation -- Approaches to the measurement of social isolation -- Conclusion -- Loneliness -- The concept and definition -- Discrepancy between realized and desired relationships -- Emotional and social loneliness -- Loneliness as a negative experience -- Contextual conceptualization of loneliness -- The measurement of loneliness -- Conclusion -- Is it desirable to use the two concepts separately? -- Differential outcomes of social isolation and loneliness -- Differential determinants of social isolation and loneliness -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Overview -- Chapter 2: Impacts of loneliness and social isolation on healthy longevity in older adults -- Definitions and prevalence of social isolation and loneliness -- Health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults -- Impacts of social isolation and loneliness on frailty -- Impacts of social isolation and loneliness on sarcopenia -- Impacts of social isolation and loneliness on dementia -- Impacts of social isolation and loneliness on cognitive impairment -- Impacts of social isolation and loneliness on depression -- Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Socioeconomic factors -- Chapter 3: Socioeconomic correlates of loneliness and social isolation in late life -- Introduction.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032265940
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781032265940
Language:
English
