Antecedents of Loneliness: A Factorial Analysis

Rokach, Ami

doi:10.1080/00223980.1989.10542992

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“…Children aged 5 years and older have clear ways of coping with loneliness, reporting the need to make contact with others (Besevegis & Galanaki, 2010;Qualter, 2003;Qualter & Munn, 2002). Such descriptions of loneliness are comparable with definitions offered by adults ( Jones, Cavert, Snider, & Bruce, 1985;Rokach, 1989;Weiss, 1973). Together, these studies show that loneliness appears to motivate people across ontogeny to reconnect with others.…”

Section: Motivation To Reconnect Across Ontogenymentioning

confidence: 58%

Loneliness Across the Life Span

Qualter

Vanhalst

Harris

et al. 2015

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Most people have experienced loneliness and have been able to overcome it to reconnect with other people. In the current review, we provide a life-span perspective on one component of the evolutionary theory of loneliness—a component we refer to as the reaffiliation motive (RAM). The RAM represents the motivation to reconnect with others that is triggered by perceived social isolation. Loneliness is often a transient experience because the RAM leads to reconnection, but sometimes this motivation can fail, leading to prolonged loneliness. We review evidence of how aspects of the RAM change across development and how these aspects can fail for different reasons across the life span. We conclude with a discussion of age-appropriate interventions that may help to alleviate prolonged loneliness.

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Section: Motivation To Reconnect Across Ontogenymentioning

confidence: 58%

Loneliness Across the Life Span

Qualter

Vanhalst

Harris

et al. 2015

Perspect Psychol Sci

630

636

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“…Love and relationships can be harmed and damaged, by the process of time, but also due to various pitfalls, and hazards such as hurt feelings, ostracism, jealousy, lying, and betrayal [29]. We want to be loved by our intimate partners, and we hope that our relational value-the degree to which our partner considers our intimate relationship valuable, important, close-is as high as we perceive it to be.…”

Section: Love and Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Between 13% and 27% of the population will develop depression at some point in their life [29]. The revelation of infidelity, whether it be a voluntary disclosure or an involuntary discovery, has been associated with a variety of emotional reactions such as increased anxiety and depression, including suicidal ideation [68][69][70][71].…”

Section: Infidelity: Depression and Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intimacy, Loneliness & Infidelity

Rokach¹,

Philibert-Lignières

2015

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This article explores the experience of loneliness in intimacy, with a special focus on infidelity. First, the notion of intimacy and love are examined and related to the concept of loneliness. To be in love is often thought to exclude being lonely but research shows otherwise.' Loneliness is exacerbated when intimacy is shattered by interpersonal events like infidelity. A review of recent literature regarding infidelity is presented. The concepts of depression, social support, selfesteem, and betrayal as a result of infidelity are examined and linked to loneliness. Also included, is a small discussion regarding the psychological distress and loneliness of the adulterer, before and after the revelation of infidelity. It is further asserted that loneliness is a two-way construct when speaking of infidelity; not only is it a salient product of infidelity, but also a strong predictor of its occurrence.Keywords: Betrayal, depression, infidelity, intimacy, loneliness, marriage, social support.People are social animals, and have a basic human need to belong, to be part of an intimate, lasting, caring relationship with a partner who is close and deeply concerned about us. Yearning to fulfill that need, we establish close contact and develop intimate relationships [1]. THE NATURE OF INTIMACYIntimacy is a multifaceted concept and is composed of knowledge, caring, interdependence, mutuality, trust, and commitment [2]. Partners, in an intimate relationship, possess extensive personal, confidential, and private knowledge about each other. That rich information, which the partners usually share with one another, may include their histories, preferences, and desires that they would not be so ready to reveal to other people. Caring is a hallmark of intimate relations. Intimate partners care about each other and feel affectionate towards their partner. Intimate partners' lives are intertwined and they affect each other continually. The extent to which they need and influence each other, i.e. their interdependence, impacts their partner meaningfully and does so in many areas of life, in different ways, and over long periods of time [1]. Intimate couples often exhibit mutuality, thinking of themselves as -us‖ [3] and seeing themselves as overlapping in various respects. Trust and intimacy are closely related. So, trusting relationship is established when the partners know that it is safe to open up and that their partner will be there to support and respond to their needs [4]. Finally, intimate partners are committed to their relationship; they expect them to go on indefinitely and *Address correspondence to this author at the York University, Canada; E-mail: arokach@yorku.ca for that they are ready to invest time, effort, and the resources at their disposal.Establishing and maintaining close, intimate relationships with a significant other has been recognized as a fundamental human motivation [5]. In that context, marriage is perceived as the most intimate adult bonding, serving as a primary source of affection, love, ...

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“…Sagrin, Nevarez, Arroyo & Harwood (2012) pointed out several risk factors of loneliness: (a) factors inherent in the family of origin (cold and maladaptive environment, dysfunctional modeling of social behavior; Rokeach, 1989;2003), (b) aversive social experiences in which people had negative or hurtful interactions with friends and peers (e.g. bullying; Rokach, 1989;Woods, Done & Kalsi, 2009), and (c) deficits in social skills (Riggio & Kwang, 2009).…”

Section: Lonelinessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotion understanding, interpersonal competencies and loneliness among students

Moroń¹

2014

Polish Psychological Bulletin

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The study examines the associations of emotion understanding, interpersonal competencies, loneliness and correlated variables (perceived social support, quality of social networks). Two conceptual models of relations were tested. In the first model it was hypothesized that interpersonal competencies mediate relations between emotion understanding and loneliness, perceived social support and quality of social networks. In the second model emotion understanding was tested as a moderator of relationships between interpersonal competencies and loneliness, perceived social support and quality of social networks. Study 1 (n = 221) provided only a weak confirmation of the mediatory model, restricted to men. Study 2 (n = 206), employing different measures of emotion understanding and loneliness, confirmed weakly both the mediatory and moderatory models. In both studies a direct negative correlation between emotion understanding and loneliness was not confirmed.

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Antecedents of Loneliness: A Factorial Analysis

Cited by 82 publications

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Loneliness Across the Life Span

Loneliness Across the Life Span

Intimacy, Loneliness & Infidelity

Emotion understanding, interpersonal competencies and loneliness among students

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