Loneliness among older Europeans

G Sundström, E Fransson, B Malmberg… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
… Eight per cent of older Swedes then reported that loneliness was their greatest problem (…
find that loneliness is reported much less frequently by older people in Northern Europe than in …

Which factors contribute to loneliness among older Europeans? Findings from the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe: determinants of loneliness

A Hajek, HH König - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2020 - Elsevier
… clarify which factors are associated with loneliness longitudinally among older Europeans -
based on the well-known Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) data. …

Older adult loneliness: myths and realities

PA Dykstra - European journal of ageing, 2009 - Springer
… enquiring into older adult loneliness). Between 5 and 20% of older Europeans say they often
feel lonely. … The southern European countries show a high prevalence of loneliness, while …

Loneliness among older European adults: Results from the survey of health, aging and retirement in Europe

M Vozikaki, A Papadaki, M Linardakis… - Journal of Public Health, 2018 - Springer
… to tackle and alleviate loneliness. The aim of the current study was thus to examine the
prevalence of loneliness in a nationally representative sample of European older adults and …

Age and loneliness in 25 European nations

K Yang, C Victor - Ageing & Society, 2011 - cambridge.org
… rates of loneliness. However, comparative data for examining both the prevalence of loneliness
… the prevalence of loneliness across different age groups in 25 European nations, with a …

Cross-national differences in older adult loneliness

T Fokkema, J De Jong Gierveld… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… The aim of this study was to assess variations in levels of late-life loneliness and its
determinants across Europe. Data came from the SHARE surveys, Wave 2 (Börsch-Supan et al., …

Lonely societies: low trust societies? Further explanations for national variations in loneliness among older Europeans

G Rapolienė, M Aartsen - European Journal of Ageing, 2022 - Springer
… research among older adults a relevant scientific and public … in loneliness prevalence
between European countries. … later life loneliness in Eastern and Central European countries can …

Loneliness in old age in Eastern and Western European societies: Theoretical perspectives

J de Jong Gierveld, C Tesch-Römer - European journal of ageing, 2012 - Springer
… the mean level of loneliness of older people in Eastern and Western European societies, we
… the theoretical framework of loneliness in cross-cultural research. As loneliness belongs to …

Late-life loneliness in 11 European countries: results from the generations and gender survey

T Hansen, B Slagsvold - Social Indicators Research, 2016 - Springer
… in late-life loneliness in Europe among men and women … Europeans aged 60–80 from 11
countries. A six-item short version of the de Jong-Gierveld Scale is used to measure loneliness

Loneliness among older adults in Europe: The relative importance of early and later life conditions

S Guthmuller - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
… the determinants of loneliness in older adults in Europe; in particular, it investigated whether
childhood circumstances are significantly associated with loneliness at older ages. Using …