Loneliness: A Cognitive Analysis.

Caldwell, Mayta Ann; Peplau, Letitia Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ197528

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1978

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Loneliness: A Cognitive Analysis.

Caldwell, Mayta Ann; Peplau, Letitia Anne

Essence: Issues in the Study of Ageing, Dying, and Death, v2 n4 p207-20 1978

A cognitive analysis of loneliness is presented. Loneliness is defined as occuring when a person's achieved social relations are less numerous or less satisfying than the person desires. Factors that cause loneliness by altering the person's achieved or desired social relations are discussed. (Author)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Response, Individual Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Loneliness, Older Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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