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1 online resource (309 pages) |
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Front Cover; The Psychological Journey To and From Loneliness; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Getting loneliness out of the closet; 1 Belonging-the essence of a community; What is social connectedness?; The beneficial effects of belonging; Belonging and psychological theories; Culture and relationships; References; 2 Loneliness, illness, and death: universal experiences we dread; Illness and loneliness; Loneliness and chronic pain; Chronic illness and loneliness; Loneliness, health, and mortality; The sick and dying roles; Death and dying; Fear and anxiety about death |
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Loneliness and deathThe dying; What can we do for the dying?; References; 3 Loneliness-the concept and experience; The history of loneliness; The Bible; Philosophy; Literature; The stigma of loneliness; Approaches to loneliness; Psychological views of loneliness; So what is that experience we call loneliness?; My own research; Emotional distress; Social inadequacy and alienation; Interpersonal isolation; Self-alienation; Growth and discovery; Loneliness and depression; Loneliness anxiety; Solitude; Consequences of loneliness: it's toxic for your health; Social relations and health |
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Environmental influences on lonelinessThe effects of loneliness; The physical sides of loneliness; Who are the lonely?; Affective features; Cognitive features; Behavioral features; Loneliness and suicide; References; 4 Loneliness, gender, and culture; Gender; Culture; Ethnicity; References; 5 Loneliness and technological advances; Research mixed results; Loneliness, depression, Internet addiction, and pathological use; Emerging adults; Loneliness of emerging adults; Facebook; The effects of Facebook use; Motives for using Facebook; Facebook use and social well-being; Suicide and Internet use |
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Positive effects of FacebookCybersex; Loneliness, Internet, and mobile phones; References; 6 Causes of loneliness; Theoretical formulations in psychology; Social needs approach; Cognitive discrepancy approach; Interactionist approach; The family environment; Variables affecting loneliness antecedents; Genetics and loneliness; Illness and loneliness; Are the quantity and quality of friendship related to loneliness?; References; 7 Loneliness and life's ages and stages; Childhood; What lays ground to childhood loneliness?; Family and loneliness; Loneliness in school |
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Being bullied and paying the price for itAdolescence; What characterizes lonely adolescents; Young/emerging adults; Adulthood; The elderly; Old age and developing loneliness; Gender differences in elderly loneliness; Lonely aged in various cultures; Are the elderly lonelier than younger folks?; My research on loneliness and life stages; References; 8 Loneliness of marginalized; The marginalized; Psychological disorders; Mental illness, its severity, and loneliness; Psychotic disorders and loneliness; Anxiety-related disorders and loneliness; War veterans; The homeless; Physical disability |
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Terminal illnesses |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Loneliness.
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Solitude.
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Solitude
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Loneliness
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128156193 |
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0128156198 |
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