Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens
The present paper attempted to explore the impact of gender on social support, social isolation and loneliness (social and emotional) among senior citizens. In order to assess the study constructs 6-Item (short) De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985), 6-item (short) scale developed by Hawthorne (2...
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Department of Psychology, Islamia College Peshawar
2018-07-01
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| description | The present paper attempted to explore the impact of gender on social support, social isolation and loneliness (social and emotional) among senior citizens. In order to assess the study constructs 6-Item (short) De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985), 6-item (short) scale developed by Hawthorne (2006) and, Social Support Scale developed by Malik (2002) were used. Standardized back translation procedure was used for the translation of the measures into Urdu. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample of 500 senior citizens from both urban and rural areas of the various districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The age of the participants ranged between 60 to 90 years (M = 67.59, SD= 7.54). -test analysis revealed significant gender differences on social support and its sub constructs. Moreover results demonstrated non-significant gender differences for isolation and loneliness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df29dc673a4744f586a64e754fe24f802022-12-21T23:28:14ZengDepartment of Psychology, Islamia College PeshawarPeshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences2415-67792518-44742018-07-0141153110.32879/picp.2018.4.1.1534Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age CitizensSalma Naz Gul0Rabia Chishti1Maher Bano2University of PeshawarUniversity of PeshawarPreston University, PeshawarThe present paper attempted to explore the impact of gender on social support, social isolation and loneliness (social and emotional) among senior citizens. In order to assess the study constructs 6-Item (short) De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale (1985), 6-item (short) scale developed by Hawthorne (2006) and, Social Support Scale developed by Malik (2002) were used. Standardized back translation procedure was used for the translation of the measures into Urdu. Purposive convenient sampling technique was used to draw the sample of 500 senior citizens from both urban and rural areas of the various districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The age of the participants ranged between 60 to 90 years (M = 67.59, SD= 7.54). -test analysis revealed significant gender differences on social support and its sub constructs. Moreover results demonstrated non-significant gender differences for isolation and loneliness.https://www.pjpbsicp.com/index.php/pjpbs/article/view/34gendersocial supportsocial lonelinessemotional lonelinesssocial isolation |
| spellingShingle | Salma Naz Gul Rabia Chishti Maher Bano Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens Peshawar Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences gender social support social loneliness emotional loneliness social isolation |
| title | Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens |
| title_full | Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens |
| title_fullStr | Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens |
| title_short | Gender Differences in Social Support, Loneliness, and Isolation among Old Age Citizens |
| title_sort | gender differences in social support loneliness and isolation among old age citizens |
| topic | gender social support social loneliness emotional loneliness social isolation |
| url | https://www.pjpbsicp.com/index.php/pjpbs/article/view/34 |
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