Loneliness Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
What is loneliness
A
subjective experience of unmet needs in social connections
2
Q
Social Connections
A
The size, diversity, functionality and values of one’s social network
3
Q
Love & Loss, Connections & Disconnections Across the Lifespan
A
Birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, late adulthood, and death
4
Q
Birth
A
Biological separation, cutting of the umbilical cord
5
Q
Infancy
A
Separation anxiety from caregivers
6
Q
Childhood
A
Leaving home for school
7
Q
Adolescence
A
Psychic separation from parents
8
Q
Adulthood
A
Loss of generational community, parents, divorce/separation
9
Q
Late Adulthood
A
Retirement, loss of coworkers, friends, and family
10
Q
Death
A
lonely deaths, loss of remaining connections
11
Q
Contributing Factors to Loneliness Epidemic
A
- Cultural emphasis on value of autonomy
- Failing marriage rates/smaller families
- less rootedness in family/extended family/home community
- decline in religious belief and participation
- weakening of mediating institutions
- technology, social media de-emphasizing importance of physically proximal relationship
