ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2016
Migration and changes in loneliness over a 4-year period: the case of older former Soviet Union immigrants in Israel.
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- Psychological distress, loneliness, and satisfaction with life during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study comparing migrants and non-migrants in Norway.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with loneliness in immigrant and Canadian-born older adults in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Health across borders: A crossnational comparison of immigrant health in Europe.Population research and policy review · 2023Article
- Loneliness across time and space.Nature reviews psychology · 2023Review
- Ethnic Differences in Attitudes and Preventive Behaviors Related to Alzheimer's Disease in the Israeli Survey of Aging.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Patterns of Living Lost? Measuring Community Participation and Other Influences on the Health of Older Migrants in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- One Month into the Reinforcement of Social Distancing due to the COVID-19 Outbreak: Subjective Health, Health Behaviors, and Loneliness among People with Chronic Medical Conditions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Anxiety and depression in older patients: the role of culture and acculturation.International journal for equity in health · 2017Article
- Antecedents of late life outcomes: the case of Israel.European journal of ageing · 2016Article
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Abstract
Both older adult and immigrant populations are at a high risk of loneliness. The current research compares older veteran Israelis to older immigrants who arrived in Israel from the former Soviet Union (FSU) after 1989. Early studies have found high levels of loneliness among older FSU immigrants; however, little is known regarding changes in loneliness among this group over time. The present study examines change in loneliness among older FSU immigrants and older veteran Jewish Israelis and its potential predictors. A prospective association between immigrant's status and loneliness over time was examined using the second (2009/2010) and third (2013) waves of SHARE-Israel. The sample consisted of 208 FSU immigrants and 1080 veteran Jewish Israelis. Bivariate analyses indicated that in 2009/2010, older FSU immigrants were significantly lonelier than older veteran Jews, and more disadvantaged on all social and health variables measured. Yet, no significant differences emerged between the two groups with regard to loneliness in 2013. In the adjusted model, older immigrants presented positive change in loneliness (less loneliness over time) compared with veteran Jewish Israelis. Depressive symptoms explained a large part of the variance in change in loneliness. Potential explanations suggest that the long-term psychological adjustment process and the characteristics of the FSU immigrants in Israel as a large and relatively strong immigrant group have served as protective factors with regard to changes in loneliness over time.
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