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Loneliness in Old Age: The Effects of Culture on Coping with It.
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Rokach, Ami – 2002
The present study examined the techniques that the elderly in North America and Portugal employ in coping with loneliness. The present study results indicated that cultural background does affect the manner in which the elderly cope with loneliness, particularly in their use of Reflection and acceptance, Distancing and denial, and Religion and…
Descriptors: Coping, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Loneliness
The Experience of Loneliness of Canadian and Czech Youth.
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Rokach, Ami; Bauer, Natasha; Orzeck, Tricia – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Examines the influence of cultural background on adolescents' experience of loneliness. Adolescents from Canada and the Czech Republic answered a questionnaire composed of five subscales. Results revealed a mixed pattern of differences between the cultures, with Canadian youth scoring higher than the Czechs only on Emotional distress, while that…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
Causes of Youth Loneliness: Canada and the Czech Republic.
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Rokach, Ami – 2002
The present study examined the influence of cultural background on the causes of adolescents loneliness. Eighty Canadian youth and 168 adolescents from the Czech Republic formed the participants pool. They answered and 30 item yes/no questionnaire. The questionnaire is composed of five subscales, namely: Personal inadequacies, Developmental…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries