Furthermore, difficulties with establishing personal contacts, caused, for instance, by social anxiety, add toloneliness.From theCambridge English Corpus
Friendship attachments provide a sense of security and a sense of belonging which potentially counters isolation andloneliness.From theCambridge English Corpus
The third research question is: does the association between support giving andlonelinessvary with the balance of the exchanges?From theCambridge English Corpus
Being old to the informants, then, is aboutloneliness, loss of things that were meaningful, being unimportant and irrelevant, or having no role.From theCambridge English Corpus
Being alone in later life :loneliness, isolation and living alone in later life.From theCambridge English Corpus
Attributes associated with the former include : social contact, neighbourliness, the absence oflonelinessand isolation.From theCambridge English Corpus
Clearly, isolation,loneliness, being alone and living alone are related but not coincident categories.From theCambridge English Corpus
Isolation andlonelinessmay also restrict the access of older people to podiatry services.From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite the extensive research literature, however, there are still problems in defining and measuring this concept13,14 reflecting the theoretical diversity underpinning notions ofloneliness.From theCambridge English Corpus
The possible association oflonelinesswith the failure of old age to live up to expectations requires further elucidation.From theCambridge English Corpus
This strongly suggests thatlonelinessis both culturally defined and related to expectations.From theCambridge English Corpus
Secondly, desires or expectations about personal relationships were found to influence feelings ofloneliness.From theCambridge English Corpus
The feeling of being socially isolated during marriage was the most influential predictor of the level of sociallonelinessafter the partner died.From theCambridge English Corpus
Measuring the emotional0social aspects oflonelinessand isolation.From theCambridge English Corpus
The review suggests that educational and social activity group interventions that target specific groups can alleviate social isolation andlonelinessamong older people.From theCambridge English Corpus
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