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Changes in Older Adult Loneliness: Results From a Seven-Year Longitudinal Study

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Dykstra, Pearl A., van Tilburg, Theo G., Gierveld, Jenny de Jong·2005·Research on Aging
DOI 10.1177/0164027505279712
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This study examines loneliness and its correlates—health, residential care, partner status, and network size—over a seven-year period among adults born between 1908 and 1937. The four waves of data are from the Dutch “Living Arrangements and Social Networks of Older Adults” and the “Longitudinal Aging Study of Amsterdam”programs. Data from at least two waves are available for 2,925 respondents. Results show that older adults generally become lonelier as time passes. The increase is greater for the oldest, the partnered, and those with a better functional capacity at baseline. Older adults who lose their partner by death show the greatest increase in loneliness. Not all older adults become more lonely: Improvement in functional capacity and network expansion lead to less loneliness. Entry into residential care does not affect loneliness. The longitudinal design provides new insights into factors that protect against loneliness compared to cross-sectional studies.

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  • Those over the age of 65 are more likely to report loneliness.

    “The moderating effect of age may seem counterintuitive in light of data indicating that those over the age of 65 are more likely to report loneliness (Dykstra et al., 2005)”

    From Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review (2015) · cites this paper as Dykstra et al., 2005

    The paper’s Abstract (page not provided) reports that loneliness is more prevalent at advanced ages, particularly among people aged 80 and older. Its Conclusion (page not provided) says the increase is greatest among the oldest respondents and comparatively small among the “younger” old. It does not establish that people over 65 as a whole are more likely to report loneliness than those 65 or younger. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Dykstra, P. A., van Tilburg, T. G., & Gierveld, J. D. J.
Affiliations
  • Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NL)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
ORCID
Venue
Research on Aging
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-11
Volume
27
Issue
6
Pages
725-747
ISSN
  • 0164-0275 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7573
DOI
10.1177/0164027505279712
OpenAlex
W2120043049
Cited by
446
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 19
FWCI
6.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Research on Aging (publishedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
loneliness, older adults, social networks, residential care, partner status, partner bereavement, functional capacity, network size, aging, life course

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