Distance in Disconnection: The Varied Impact of Core Network Losses on Loneliness Among Older Europeans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Research among older adults reveals that the loss of core network members is a risk factor for loneliness. Still, it is not clear whether all such losses induce similar levels of loneliness, particularly as network members are distributed at varied geographic distances. Neither is it clear whether tie addition-the other ubiquitous aspect of network turnover in later life-offsets the loneliness that arises from different network loss scenarios.

Methods

This paper scrutinized core network losses across multiple relationship-distance scenarios. We used the fourth and sixth waves of data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe and estimated fixed-effect models.

Results

The loss of a child from a core network increases feelings of loneliness

SUBMITTER: Sun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10645308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature