Loneliness and Life Satisfaction in Japan and Australia

Abstract

We examined the relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction in 121 residents of Fukoku, Japan, and 139 residents of Melbourne, Australia, using the Satisfaction With Life Scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1983) and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona, 1980). Australian subjects reported significantly less loneliness and significantly greater life satisfaction than Japanese subjects. A high inverse correlation was found between loneliness and life satisfaction in Australian subjects, with a much smaller inverse relationship observed among the Japanese, suggesting that loneliness in Japanese subjects did not emotionally translate into life dissatisfaction as it did in Australian subjects. Instead, the experience of loneliness in Japanese individuals may remain largely independent of general life satisfaction.

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“…In some studies, negative relationships were found between loneliness and subjective well-being (Bramston, Pretty, & Chipuer, 2002;Chipuer, Bramston, & Pretty, 2003;Sharma, 2011) and loneliness and life satisfaction (Bugay, 2007;Çivitci, Çivitci, & Fiyakalı, 2009;Goodwin, Cook, & Yung, 2001;Kapıkıran, 2013;Kapıkıran & Yağcı, 2012;Mellor et al, 2008;Nickerson & Nagle, 2004;Salimi, 2011;Schumaker, Shea, Monfries, & Groth-Marnat, 1993;Yıldız, 2013).…”

Multiple Mediation of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship between Loneliness and Positivity in Adolescents

“…Margalit'e (2010) göre çocukluktaki yalnızlık, kişinin mevcut yaşam kalitesini etkileyen acı bir duygusal yaşantı olmasının yanısıra bireyin gelecekteki iyi oluşu için de gelişimsel bir risk oluşturmaktadır. Alan yazında yapılan çok sayıdaki çalışmada yalnızlık ile pozitif psikolojinin temel kavramları olan yaşam doyumu ve öznel iyi oluş arasında olumsuz yönde ilişkiler bulunmuştur (Ben-Zur, 2012;Bugay, 2007;Çivitci, Çivitci ve Fiyakalı, 2009;Goodwin, Cook ve Yung, 2001;Kapıkıran, 2013;Kapıkıran ve Yağcı, 2012;Mellor, Stokes, Firth, Hayash ve Cummins, 2008;Salimi, 2011;Shaheen, Jahan ve Shaheen, 2014;Schumaker, Shea, Monfries ve Groth-Marnat, 1993;Tuzgöl Dost, 2007;Yıldız, 2013Yıldız, , 2016Yılmaz ve Altınok, 2009). Bazı çalışmalarda ise yalnızlık ile benlik saygısı arasında olumsuz yönde ilişkiler bulunmuştur (Baran, Baran ve Maskan, 2015;Erözkan, 2009;Güloğlu ve Karaırmak, 2010;Shaheen vd., 2014).…”

Loneliness in Psychosis: A Meta-analytical Review

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