ArticleInternational journal of behavioral development2022
Experiences of solitude in adulthood and old age: The role of autonomy.
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- Influence of emotional regulation capacity on loneliness among university students: the suppressing effect of solitude coping and the mediating effect of solitude comfort.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Frail older people ageing in place alone and their perception of the built environment in rural and urban sites: a mixed-methods study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Assessment Teams Experience of Barriers and Challenges When Assessing Loneliness and Depression Among Home-Dwelling Elderly: A Qualitative Study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Navigating life's twists and turns: characteristics of life events across adulthood.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
- The Skill of Positive Solitude Moderates the Relationship between 24 Character Strengths and Flourishing in the Second Half of Life.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Generativity across adulthood: how nature exposure and future time perspective shape motivation for social and ecological engagement.Australian journal of psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that older adults experience momentary states of spending time alone (i.e., solitude) less negatively than younger adults. The current research explores the role of autonomy as an explanation mechanism of these age differences. Previous research demonstrated that solitude can be experienced positively when it is characterized by autonomy (i.e., the own wish or decision to be alone). As older adults are relatively more autonomous in their daily lives, they might experience solitude less negatively (in terms of subjective well-being, social integration, self-esteem, and valence) than younger adults. We tested this hypothesis in three studies. In two experience-sampling studies (Study 1:
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