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Jenny de Jong Gierveld
Researcher at VU University Amsterdam
Publications - 57
Citations - 5813
Jenny de Jong Gierveld is an academic researcher from VU University Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Loneliness & Social isolation. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 55 publications receiving 4740 citations. Previous affiliations of Jenny de Jong Gierveld include University of Groningen & Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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A 6-Item Scale for Overall, Emotional, and Social Loneliness: Confirmatory Tests on Survey Data
TL;DR: In this article, the authors empirically tested a shortened version of the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale on data from two surveys (N = 9,448). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the specification of two latent factors.
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Loneliness and Social Isolation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of theoretical ideas regarding loneliness, focusing on individuallevel and societal predisposing characteristics as well as on genetic/evolutionary perspectives on the onset and continuation of loneliness.
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A review of loneliness: concept and definitions, determinants and consequences
TL;DR: The concept of Einsamkeit was used in German literature until 1945 and is perceived to be related to the voluntary withdrawal from the daily hassles of life and oriented towards higher goals, such as reflection, meditation and communication with God as discussed by the authors.
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The De Jong Gierveld short scales for emotional and social loneliness: tested on data from 7 countries in the UN Generations and Gender Surveys
TL;DR: In this article, the quality of the three-item scale for emotional loneliness and the three item scale for social loneliness was investigated for use in the following countries participating in the United Nations “Generations and Gender Surveys”: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Japan.
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Changes in Older Adult Loneliness : Results From a Seven-Year Longitudinal Study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined loneliness and its correlates (health, residential care, partner status, and network size) over a seven-year period among adults born between 1908 and 1937.