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dc.contributor.authorRapoliene, Grazina
dc.contributor.authorAartsen, Marja
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-24T11:33:57Z
dc.date.available2022-03-24T11:33:57Z
dc.date.created2021-08-31T09:56:32Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-16
dc.identifier.issn1613-9372
dc.identifier.issn1613-9380
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2987306
dc.description.abstractCross-national studies in Europe reveal sharp regional differences in the prevalence of loneliness among older adults, with the highest prevalence of loneliness in Eastern European countries. In this study, we investigate an alternative explanation for differences in loneliness prevalence based on differences in trust. Many of the Eastern European countries were ruled by totalitarian regimes that undermined people’s trust in other people and in the system, potentially leading to higher loneliness prevalence. Data are derived from the sixth round of the European Social Survey conducted in 2012, based on 12,042 respondents, of which 4827 live in post-totalitarian countries and 7215 in other European countries and Israel. We estimate a path model with trust in people, trust in the system, and social engagement included as latent variables and one dichotomous outcome (lonely or not). We control for age, gender, health limitations, marital status, income adequacy, and education. The results reveal that loneliness is partly constructed by the social–cultural and historical–political characteristics of the countries in which people live. The higher prevalence of loneliness in the Eastern-European post-totalitarian countries can be linked to a low level of trust in other people through social disengagement. Considering the role of trust in the creation of individuals feelings of loneliness contributes to the understanding of country variations in loneliness and opens a new perspective in loneliness research and the development of policies aimed at reducing loneliness.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. This work was supported by COST Action CA15122 ROSEnet, funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020, which enabled this study to be drafted during Gražina Rapolienė’s Short Term Scientifc Mission at NOVA. Marja Aartsen was supported by a grant from the Research Council of Norway (Grant no. 299859), based on the GENDER-NET Plus Joint Call on Gender and UN Sustainable Development Goals (Project number GNP-187-FULL).en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Journal of Ageing;
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectLonelinessen_US
dc.subjectTrusten_US
dc.subjectOld ageen_US
dc.subjectSocial engagementsen_US
dc.subjectPost-totalitarianismen_US
dc.subjectEastern and Central Europeen_US
dc.titleLonely societies: low trust societies? Further explanations for national variations in loneliness among older Europeansen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-021-00649-z
dc.identifier.cristin1929967
dc.source.journalEuropean Journal of Ageingen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-10en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 299859en_US


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