A Marginal Structural Model Analysis For Loneliness

In Stephen Marche’s ”Is Facebook Making us Lonely”, the author starts with an grabbing or interesting story that made headlines about a women named Yvette Vickers. He uses this anecdote to grasp the reader’s attention. Moreover, the writer is trying to appeal to the audience about loneliness. In the text it says “Social Media-from Facebook to twitter- has made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier”. The author presents his argument and gives some factual evidence for the argument. Moreover, he compares his views with others. He gives the readers a problem that many people face nowadays is loneliness. Marche informed “Despite its deleterious effect

In the story “Diary of a Young Girl”, by Anne Frank, Anne begins as a sociable person. Although as the war progresses, Anne becomes lonely. Therefore I believe that loneliness can change a

What makes you happy? Psychology: Ninth Edition in Modules responds “most people mention- before anything else- close, satisfying relationships with family, friends, or romantic partners” [Bercheld 1985]. In summation, happiness is often dependent on social interaction. People who live alone and have little to no interaction with others begin to exhibit qualities associated with insanity- a person is said to have psychological disorders for making up people who do not actually surround them. Ironically, Americans of the present generation are increasingly isolating themselves through “social” media. The absence of genuine human interaction has led to increased numbers of people feeling depressed or even

Nouwen (1975) describes loneliness as a universal experience that affects even the most intimate relationships. He identifies loneliness as one of the universal sources of human suffering. Some of the mental suffering in the

For Participant 1 (P1), experience of loneliness followed by a loss of an attachment figure who he could trust and feel safe. This sense of safety is related to both his trust in others that they would be honest and stay with him. He values sharing and dialogue with trusting other(s) as he reflects on his life tasks and in developing a solid sense of self. His value in making a good decision for himself as well as people under his care is achieved through interactions with trusting others. A lack of those trusting others, it led him to feel alone despite of his acknowledgement of presence/availability of other people. His loneliness was compounded as he found himself needing cope with difficult situations alone. He places an emphasis on the

Sukarno, the former influential Indonesian President once said, “The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation.” These wise words of Sukarno and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein intertwine with one another on the account that they both display the struggles of loneliness and isolation, and the effects they both have on individuals. Hence the reason why after being isolated for so long, aggression was displayed. Loneliness and isolation are two common cruelties that are constantly inflicted on human beings today. People will shun away from individuals simply because they are different. It is hardly ever noticed when a person is being isolated, because it never comes across the minds of people as a big deal. People are not

In Aurelia’s case, there may be many factors that contribute to her feeling socially isolated and are evidently affecting her health and wellbeing. When attempting to ascertain the appropriate factors that contribute to social isolation it is important to consider Aurelia’s age of seventy-nine and that she is widowed. Aurelia is currently suffering from venous leg ulcers. This condition can be long-term and can cause inflammation in the tissues and reduced range of ankle movement, this generates a lot of pain and stiffness and as a result, restricts mobility. Additionally, it can also affect sleep and self-esteem (Hood, V. 2016).

Another effect is loneliness is not a matter of external conditions but rather more of a psychological state, which can cause neuroticism, or anxiety with due time. For example, John Cacioppo, the director of the center for cognitive and social neuroscience at the University of Chicago, says the epidemic of loneliness is affecting the basic functions of human physiology. And in one experiment, Cacioppo confirmed “The greater the proportion of online interactions, the lonelier you are.”

The goal of this study was to measure interpersonal attraction as a means of determining whether or not there was a social stigma associated with different loneliness states and race. The dependent variable in this study was the interpersonal attraction rating while the loneliness state and race were the independent variables. Both race and loneliness state had the potential to impact the interpersonal attraction rating of the characters. According to the results from this study, the null hypothesis had to be rejected. There was a significant difference between lonely and nonlonely states. The first alternate hypothesis predicted that lonely people would exhibit less interpersonal attraction than nonlonely people. This could be accepted. However, the second alternate hypothesis could not be accepted because there was no significant difference between Hispanic and White conditions, despite that the hypothesis predicted that Hispanics would be judged more harshly. The third and fourth alternate hypotheses, which predicted that the Hispanic condition would be less likeable in both loneliness states, could not be accepted based on the data of this study. By accepting the first alternate hypothesis, the researchers uphold the findings of Lau and Gruen (1992). Their data indicated that there was a greater social stigma associated with lonely people than nonlonely people. While Lau and Gruen (1992) found that the stigma interacted with gender, lonely women were judged more harshly

Consequently, her loneliness also does not result from her behaviors. Therefore, her current feelings stem from her some

Though isolating one’s self from others from time to time can be healthy, those who experience isolation will inevitably crave intimate connections with others, which, unfortunately, is something that not all can achieve. The short story, “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, shows the effects that loneliness and isolation can bring to those who struggle with it. “Miss Brill” deals with the elderly, solitary title protagonist, who spends her Sunday afternoons the exact same way, with the exception of one Sunday afternoon to which her reality finally catches up to her. While Miss Brill finds herself surrounded with an abundance of people and lively music, she still finds it difficult to engage with those around her. Through this text, Mansfield

To conclude, this essay in overall reviewed two journal articles on the topic loneliness in older people. It examined the

This study investigated the difference between emotional and social loneliness using structural equation modeling, evaluated whether a two-dimensional or unidimensional conception of loneliness provides a better fit to the data. Second, the extent to which positive and negative social exchanges are associated with older adults’ loneliness was examined. Third, they also investigated whether the structure and social-exchange correlates of loneliness differ for currently married versus formerly married older

Generally almost all loneliness can be traced back to low or below "average" self-esteem. Chronically lonely people will usually have low opinions of themselves. They may think of themselves as unintelligent, unattractive, broken, unwanted, not worthy of good things, no good, unable to do anything right, and/or socially isolated. Unlike many other emotionally hurting people, the chronically lonely usually know what is wrong, but like many others they don't believe they can do anything to fix it, or, circling back to the low self-esteem, they may also believe they are not worth of happiness.

Loneliness seems to have become a common characteristics that individuals share around the world. Although this is a subject that has been a part of discussions and a focus of research for many years in philosophy , theology, psychology and literature, the scientific study has had a relatively short record. In this day and age there have