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- Title
Age, Culture, and Loneliness Among Czechs and Canadians.
- Authors
Rokach, Ami; Bauer, Natasha
- Abstract
The present study examined the influence of cultural background on the experience of loneliness. One hundred and ninety-four Canadians and 209 participants from the Czech Republic formed the subject pool. Rather than compare the two populations and disregard the within and between age differences, the cultural groups were divided into age subgroups. These were young adults (18-30 years old), adults (31-59) and seniors (60-89). They answered a 30-item yes/no questionnaire. The questionnaire is composed of five subscales, namely: Emotional Distress, Social Inadequacy and Alienation, Growth and Discovery, Interpersonal Isolation, and Self-Alienation. Results indicated that overall, the cultural groups differed in their experiences of loneliness. Further, when each age group was compared across the two cultures, it was evident that the age groups scored significantly differently from its counterparts in the other culture. Scores of different age groups within cultures were also examined.
- Subjects
CULTURE; LONELINESS; SOCIAL isolation; SOCIAL alienation; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2004, Vol 23, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-004-1005-2