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Direct linkRokach, Ami – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Loneliness is a universal phenomenon, and its pain is intensified by a diagnosis of a terminal illness. The present study is an investigation of the strategies used by patients with Multiple sclerosis (MS), by individuals diagnosed with cancer, and by the general population to cope with loneliness. Three hundred and twenty nine MS patients, 315…
Descriptors: Terminal Illness, Cancer, Patients, Psychological Patterns
Leontopoulou, Sophia – Social Indicators Research, 2006
Variable--and person--focused approaches were applied to study the resilient outcomes of 326 Greek male and female 1st year university students at a major educational transition point. Results indicated that resilience was related to both cognitive and behavioural psychosocial resources in late adolescence. Locus of control emerged as an important…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Coping, College Freshmen, Cognitive Processes
Arokach, Ami – Social Indicators Research, 2006
This study explored the manner in which abused women cope with loneliness. Eighty women, victims of domestic abuse, were compared to 84 women from the general population who have had no history of abusive relationships. A 34-item yes/no loneliness questionnaire was utilized in order to compare the "beneficial" ways of coping with loneliness in the…
Descriptors: Alienation, Family Violence, Females, Coping
Peer reviewedLever, Joaquina Palomar; Pinol, Nuria Lanzagorta; Uralde, Jorge Hernandez – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This study was carried out for the purpose of explaining the mediating effects of a number of psychological variables (strategies for coping with stress, competitiveness, mastery, locus of control, depression and self-esteem) in the relationship between poverty and the well-being of individuals. To carry out the study, a non-probabilistic,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences, Poverty, Well Being
Peer reviewedRokach, Ami – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Loneliness is a prevailing experience which is particularly familiar to adolescents and young adults. It is a subjective experience which is influenced by one's personality, life experiences, and situational variables. The present study examined the influence of drug cessation on coping with loneliness. Drug abusers, during their stay in detox…
Descriptors: Drug Rehabilitation, Psychological Patterns, Young Adults, Drug Abuse
Hansson, Anna; Hilleras, Pernilla; Forsell, Yvonne – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Objectives: The aim of this study was to see if earlier findings about factors associated with well-being could be replicated in a large population-based sample in Sweden. To the best of our knowledge, no research on well-being has been conducted on such a large population in a country, which by most standards is regarded as one of the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Adults, Well Being
