ArticleAging & mental health2021
Study of loneliness and wisdom in 482 middle-aged and oldest-old adults: a comparison between people in Cilento, Italy and San Diego, USA.
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- Abbreviated San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE-7) and Jeste-Thomas Wisdom Index (JTWI).International psychogeriatrics · 2022Article
- Experiencing the Unprecedented COVID-19 Lockdown: Abu Dhabi Older Adults' Challenges and Concerns.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The "timbre" of loneliness in later life.International psychogeriatrics · 2021Article
- Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Loneliness and Wisdom during Emotional Bias.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2021Article
- Health Impacts of the Stay-at-Home Order on Community-Dwelling Older Adults and How Technologies May Help: Focus Group Study.JMIR aging · 2021Article
- Women and Men Differ in Relative Strengths in Wisdom Profiles: A Study of 659 Adults Across the Lifespan.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Association of Loneliness and Wisdom With Gut Microbial Diversity and Composition: An Exploratory Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Is spirituality a component of wisdom? Study of 1,786 adults using expanded San Diego Wisdom Scale (Jeste-Thomas Wisdom Index).Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Article
- The effects of fear of COVID-19, loneliness, and resilience on the quality of life in older adults living in a nursing home.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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objectivesThere has been growing research interest in loneliness and wisdom in recent decades, but no cross-cultural comparisons of these constructs using standardized rating measures in older adults, especially the oldest-old. This was a cross-sectional study of loneliness and wisdom comparing middle-aged and oldest-old adults in Cilento, Italy and San Diego, United States.
methodWe examined loneliness and wisdom, using the UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 (UCLA-3) and San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE), respectively, in four subject groups: adults aged 50-65 and those ≥90 years from Cilento, Italy (
resultsAfter controlling for education, there were no significant group differences in levels of loneliness, while on SD-WISE the Cilento ≥90 group had lower scores compared to the other three groups. There was a strong inverse correlation between loneliness and wisdom in each of the four subject groups. Loneliness was negatively associated while wisdom was positively associated with general health, sleep quality, and happiness in most groups, with varying levels of significance.
conclusionThese results largely support cross-cultural validity of the constructs of loneliness and wisdom, and extend previous findings of strong inverse correlations between these two entities. Loneliness has become a growing public health problem, and the results of our study suggest that wisdom could be a protective factor against loneliness, although alternative explanations are also possible. Research on interventions to reduce loneliness by enhancing wisdom in older adults is needed.
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