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Article: Understanding and Addressing Older Adults’ Loneliness: The Social Relationship Expectations Framework
Title | Understanding and Addressing Older Adults’ Loneliness: The Social Relationship Expectations Framework |
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Keywords | culture generativity healthy aging interventions personal relationships |
Issue Date | 2-Nov-2022 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Citation | Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2022, v. 18, n. 4, p. 762-777 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Loneliness is an experience resulting from a perceived discrepancy between expected and actual social relationships. Although this discrepancy is widely considered the “core mechanism” of loneliness, previous research and interventions have not sufficiently addressed what older adults specifically expect from their social relationships. To address this gap and to help situate research on older adults’ loneliness within broader life span developmental theories, we propose a theoretical framework that outlines six key social relationship expectations of older adults based on research from psychology, gerontology, and anthropology: availability of social contacts, receiving care and support, intimacy and understanding, enjoyment and shared interests, generativity and contribution, and being respected and valued. We further argue that a complete understanding of loneliness across the life span requires attention to the powerful impacts of contextual factors (e.g., culture, functional limitations, social network changes) on the expression and fulfillment of older adults’ universal and age-specific relationship expectations. The proposed Social Relationship Expectations Framework may fruitfully inform future loneliness research and interventions for a heterogeneous aging population. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331770 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 10.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 5.597 |
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dc.contributor.author | Akhter-Khan, SC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Prina, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, GHY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mayston, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, L | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-21T06:58:46Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-21T06:58:46Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-11-02 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2022, v. 18, n. 4, p. 762-777 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1745-6916 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331770 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>Loneliness is an experience resulting from a perceived discrepancy between expected and actual social relationships. Although this discrepancy is widely considered the “core mechanism” of loneliness, previous research and interventions have not sufficiently addressed what older adults specifically expect from their social relationships. To address this gap and to help situate research on older adults’ loneliness within broader life span developmental theories, we propose a theoretical framework that outlines six key social relationship expectations of older adults based on research from psychology, gerontology, and anthropology: availability of social contacts, receiving care and support, intimacy and understanding, enjoyment and shared interests, generativity and contribution, and being respected and valued. We further argue that a complete understanding of loneliness across the life span requires attention to the powerful impacts of contextual factors (e.g., culture, functional limitations, social network changes) on the expression and fulfillment of older adults’ universal and age-specific relationship expectations. The proposed Social Relationship Expectations Framework may fruitfully inform future loneliness research and interventions for a heterogeneous aging population.</p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Perspectives on Psychological Science | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | culture | - |
dc.subject | generativity | - |
dc.subject | healthy aging | - |
dc.subject | interventions | - |
dc.subject | personal relationships | - |
dc.title | Understanding and Addressing Older Adults’ Loneliness: The Social Relationship Expectations Framework | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/17456916221127218 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85140827005 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 762 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 777 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1745-6924 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000878373000001 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1745-6916 | - |