Social Support and Sense of Loneliness in Solitary Older Adults

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• 关键词：Loneliness ; Social support ; Hong kong ; Solidary older chinese
• 刊名：Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：10108
• 期：1
• 页码：326-330
• 丛书名：Emerging Technologies for Education
• ISBN：978-3-319-52836-6
• 卷排序：10108

文摘

Older people are vulnerable to loneliness and isolation. Solitary seniors are more likely to suffer the feelings of loneliness with inadequate social networks. Based on a face-to-face questionnaire survey with 151 community-dwelling solitary seniors, the present study examined the associations between social support and the sense of loneliness among solitary older adults in Hong Kong. The results showed that poor mental health status, financial inadequacy and weak social support networks were significantly associated with the sense of loneliness of solitary older adults, with social support being the most prominent risk factor. Frequent contacts with siblings, relatives or friends were found to be important sources of social support to combat loneliness. Policy and service implications are discussed.