The role of friends in predicting loneliness among older women living alone

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 13-16

  Eshbaugh, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONELINESS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049117099     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20090331-03     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Adams, K.B., Sanders, S., & Auth, E.A. (2004). Loneliness and depression in independent living retirement communities: Risk and resilience factors. Aging & Mental Health, 8, 475-485.
2. Aday, R.H., Kehoe, G.C., & Farney, L.A. (2006). Impact of senior center friendships on aging women who live alone. Journal of Women & Aging, 18, 57-73.
3. Cattan, M., White, M., Bond, J., & Learmouth, A. (2005). Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: A systematic review of the health promotion interventions. Ageing & Society, 25, 41-67.
4. de Jong Gierveld, J. (1998). A review of loneliness: Concepts and definitions, determinants and consequences. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 8, 73-80.
5. Fratiglioni, L., Wang, H.X., Ericsson, K., Maytan, M., & Winblad, B. (2000). Influence of social network on occurrence of dementia: A community-based longitudinal study. The Lancet, 355, 1315-1320.
6. Green, S.B. (1991). How many subjects does it take to do a regression analysis? Multivariate Behavioral Research, 26, 499-510.
7. Holmén, K., Ericsson, K., Andersson, L., & Winblad, B. (1992). Loneliness among elderly people living in Stockholm: A population study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 17, 43-51.
8. Kalmijn, M. (2003). Shared friendship networks and the life course: An analysis of survey data on married and cohabitating couples. Social Networks, 25, 232-249.
9. Knofczynski, G.T., & Mundfrom, D. (2008). Sample sizes when using multiple linear regression for prediction. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 68, 431-442.
10. Letvak, S. (1997). Relational experiences of elderly women living alone in rural communities: A phenomenologic inquiry. Journal of the New York State Nurses' Association, 28(2), 20-25.
11. Miller, D.E., & Kunce, J.T. (1973). Prediction and statistical overkill revisited. Measurement and Education in Guidance, 6, 157-163.
12. Pinquart, M., & Sörensen, S. (2001). Influences on loneliness in older adults: A meta-analysis. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 23, 245-267.
13. Rapagnani, G. (2002). Suicide in the elderly. Revue Medicale de Liege, 57, 91-96.
14. Routasalo, P.E., Savikko, N., Tilvis, R.S., Strandberg, T.E., & Pitkälä, K.H. (2006). Social contacts and their relationship to loneliness among aged people - A population-based study. Gerontology, 52, 181-187.
15. Russell, D., Peplau, L.A., & Cutrona, C.E. (1980). The revised UCLA Loneliness Scale: Concurrent and discriminant validity evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39, 472-480.
16. Russell, D.W. (1996). UCLA Loneliness Scale (version 3): Reliability, validity, and factor structure. Journal of Personality Assessment, 66, 20-40.
17. Silveira, E., & Allenbeck, P. (2001). Migration, ageing and mental health: An ethnographic study on perception of life satisfaction, anxiety and depression in older Somali men in East London. International Journal of Social Welfare, 10, 309-320.
18. Tabachnick, B.G., & Fidell, L.S. (1989). Using multivariate statistics (2nd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harper & Row.