CONNECTING THREADS: SOCIAL PARTICIPATION’S ROLE IN REDUCING LONELINESS AMONG OLDER ADULTS
Nahyun Kim, Keiko Katagiri · 2024
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Nahyun Kim and Keiko Katagiri study how taking part in group activities may ease loneliness in older adults. Their 2024 paper draws on an online survey of Japanese adults aged sixty to seventy-nine. The analysis centers on the 570 people who were active in some form of social participation.
Close bonds inside a group were linked to lower loneliness in a direct way. Reaching out to new communities helped less directly, by widening the circle of casual neighborhood ties such as greetings and short chats. Those wider ties were in turn linked to less loneliness. The authors argue that programs should build both deep group ties and light local contact.
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| CREATOR | Nahyun Kim, Keiko Katagiri |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |