Open AccessCURRENT STATE OF LONELINESS ISSUE AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ARMENIA
Author(s) -
Karine Tataryan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
main issues of pedagogy and psychology/mankavarzhut'yan ev hogebanut'yan himnakhndirner
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2953-7878
pISSN - 1829-1295
DOI - 10.24234/miopap.v6i3.207
Subject(s) - loneliness , elderly people , gerontology , psychology , medicine , demography , social psychology , sociology
The process of adapting to loneliness has great significance for people of all ages and is dealt differently by different people. Often, people do not even realize that it has become a regular part of their lives. At a home for the elderly we interviewed 45 people /16 males (35.6%) and 29 (64.4%) females/. The level and reasons of loneliness as perceived by the elderly depended on the age group. During the study, it was noted that widowed men felt more lonely than widowed women, and among the single residents, men once again suffered more from loneliness than women. The presence of children or grandchildren who visit them leads to a decreased sense of loneliness.