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...of friends. It is possible for any person to be a victim of any one of these forms of loneliness (Reevy, Ozer, & Ito, 2010, p. 355). The deficit in the amount of desired companionship or emotional support and that provided by a person’s environment that leads to a disagreeable mental state has been described as loneliness. In addition, loneliness has been increasingly held responsible for being a predictive risk factor that could result in physical and psychological illness and deterioration (Molloy, McGee, O'Neill, & Conroy, 2010, p. 1538). Research work in the fields of anthropology, sociology and psychology has provided greater understanding about the...
15 Pages(3750 words)Term Paper
...increased capabilities than the children of his age. His annual reports always made his parents proud and they used to discuss his future options. Things changed when he entered high school as this school was in another state. His family had to move from the state where he completed his primary education. He became lonely in this new atmosphere. He did not have friends as all the children had their own circle of friends by then. He was lonely and he totally changed from what he actually was. My cousin could not cope up with this loneliness. He stopped interacting with his family as well and became a very quiet child. He was not as active as he used to be when he was a child. This was...
3 Pages(750 words)Essay
...?Alejandro Canahuati WRD-104 June 21, Is Facebook response for our loneliness? Yvette Vickers, a former B-movie star and Playboy playmate who was popular for her character in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, died a lonely death in her home. She did not have any children, was not a group member, nor had she any friends. Reports suggest that Vickers had died long before she was found by Susan Savage, a fellow actress and neighbor. During her last days, she looked for companionship from fans whom she met through Internet sites and fan conventions. When news of her death got out, she was the subject of over 16,000 posts on Facebook and more than 800 tweets. In “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely,”...
5 Pages(1250 words)Essay
...enough to make fun of its conventions. Holden's search for identity throughout the novel is full of such accidental revelations of a deeper self.
As with many teenage boys, Holden is obsessed with sex; but unlike many of them he is peculiarly puritanical about the subject. He admits that he is a virgin, and spends most of the novel trying to lose that virginity but also thinks that sex should only occur between people who care deeply about one another. Casual sex is an abomination to him, as when Jane has a date with a boy she hardly knows. At the same time, Holden reveals that he is interested in a much darker side of sexuality, such as the idea of spitting at a lover...
8 Pages(2000 words)Book Report/Review
...that stems from the loss of formal relationships in the first instance, which are associated with the work environment, as they will have lost the only structure they were used to for most of their working life. The Jubilee Policy Group (1991) found that low levels of participation were associated with loneliness, as older people who participated in community events or even voluntary work were less likely to suffer from the effects of loneliness. These findings demonstrate that even though loneliness is difficult to identify, there are certain activities that will contribute to the reduction of the side effects of loneliness such as depression.
This certainly calls...
30 Pages(7500 words)Coursework
...assessment of the patient. The environmental factors such as a traumatic loss or death cannot be overruled as being the causes for triggering loneliness.
There are individual areas where the patient would show distinctive patterns of behavior that need to be identified so that appropriate care can be provided. Seven important ones are elaborated hereunder:
Appearance - A person who is in a lonely state is less likely to be dressed in a flashy and up-to-date manner. A sense of gloom would force the person to not only dress in an unfashionable manner, but also shabbily. A sense of lack of care would be obvious, and a deliberate effort of not wanting to promote gleaming attire would...
14 Pages(3500 words)Essay
...Problematic Internet Usage Positively Associates with Social, Family and Romantic Loneliness in Toowoomba, Australia Internet appears to help loneliness by providing opportunity for online social interaction. In contrast internet may cause loneliness. Purpose of this study was to find out association between internet usage and loneliness. 249 (124 males and 125 females) individuals who had internet access from home and used internet for personal reason were recruited. Their internet usage and loneliness was measured using a questionnaire. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients showed significant positive correlation between...
7 Pages(1750 words)Essay
...Loneliness and Isolation in Different Media The themes of loneliness and isolation are very common in American literature and arts. The wide collection of literary pieces and visual arts attests to the human struggle against anguish caused by isolation and neglect. In particular, Mark Slaughter’s poem, titled, Lonely Life and Edward Hopper’s painting, Morning Sun vividly illustrate the American experience of misery and isolation.
As the title implies, the theme of Lonely Life is loneliness. Slaughter makes this clear by using the word “loneliness” to introduce some lines of the poem, thus:
Lonely on the land I walk,
Lonely cross the sea I...
4 Pages(1000 words)Essay
...out the impact of this excessive use on the social life and education of adolescents. Subrahmanyam and Šmahel
cite a study conducted in Pittsburg which collected the data about teen internet users of 93 families and through questionnaires and interviews found out that “ more heavy users of the internet showed a decline in social involvement ( communication within the family and size of people’s social networks) and increases in loneliness and depression” (131).
Jordon while looking into educational implications of excessive use of social media by adolescents has also tried to connect it with loneliness and depression of the youth. He has suggested control of such activity by parents...
6 Pages(1500 words)Essay
... Number] All the Lonely People The future of friendship in America will become insignificantly, virtual and less meaningful because a lack of face-to-face connection between Americans, intimate friendships have become scarcer, less quality friendships on social networks, and more and more people prefer to live in the virtual reality, which means that Americans are lonelier than previous generations (Marche 60).
The article is written with the help of five sources, namely “Living in a digital world,” “About face,” “My E-piphany, “Is face book making us lonely,” and “Loneliness updated: An Introduction,” written by Samuel Greengard, Steve Baarendse, Kinky Friedman, Marche Stephen and Ami Rokach, respectively. Micheal Sumen statement... ...
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