Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults

Xue Bai; Shuyan Yang; Fu Lee Wang; Martin Knapp

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_34

Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults

Xue Bai
, Shuyan Yang
, Fu Lee Wang
, Martin Knapp

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Older people are vulnerable to loneliness and isolation. Solitary seniors are more likely to suffer the feelings of loneliness with inadequate social networks. Based on a face-to-face questionnaire survey with 151 community-dwelling solitary seniors, the present study examined the associations between social support and the sense of loneliness among solitary older adults in Hong Kong. The results showed that poor mental health status, financial inadequacy and weak social support networks were significantly associated with the sense of loneliness of solitary older adults, with social support being the most prominent risk factor. Frequent contacts with siblings, relatives or friends were found to be important sources of social support to combat loneliness. Policy and service implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	326-330
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9783319528359
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_34
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Event	1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016 - Rome, Italy Duration: 26 Oct 2016 → 29 Oct 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10108 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	26/10/16 → 29/10/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Hong Kong
Loneliness
Social support
Solidary older Chinese

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Bai, X., Yang, S., Wang, F. L., & Knapp, M. (2017). Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults. In Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 326-330). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10108 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_34

Bai, Xue ; Yang, Shuyan ; Wang, Fu Lee et al. / Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults. Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 326-330 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Bai, X, Yang, S, Wang, FL & Knapp, M 2017, Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults. in Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10108 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 326-330, 1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Rome, Italy, 26/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_34

Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults. / Bai, Xue; Yang, Shuyan; Wang, Fu Lee et al.
Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 326-330 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10108 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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