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Perlman, Daniel – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
This article provides a commentary on a set of five other articles reporting European and Canadian studies of loneliness among seniors. It places those works involving Canadian, Dutch, Finnish, and Welsh samples in the larger context of research on loneliness; offers reflections on the methods and findings reported in the articles; and addresses…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Social Isolation, Gender Differences, Age Differences