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Causal beliefs, social participation, and loneliness among older adults: A longitudinal study

Newall, Nancy E., Chipperfield, Judith G., Clifton, Rodney A., Perry, Raymond P., Swift, Audrey U., Ruthig, Joelle C.·2009·Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
DOI 10.1177/0265407509106718
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Abstract

Loneliness can be seen as a social failure subject to causal search: Why am I lonely? Why do I lack friends? According to attribution theory, answers to these questions can influence emotions, motivation, and behaviours. This study examined the relationships between various affiliative causal beliefs (i.e., beliefs about loneliness and friendship development), social participation, and loneliness among older adults (72+ years). Cross-sectional and longitudinal (over five years) results showed that more strongly endorsing internal/controllable causal beliefs (i.e., believing that making friends depends on effort) related to greater social participation. Moreover, greater social participation related to less loneliness. External/uncontrollable causal beliefs predicted greater loneliness. In fully addressing loneliness, it may be important to focus on people's causal beliefs.

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  • Negative social expectations tend to elicit behaviors from others that confirm the lonely persons' expectations, setting in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy in which lonely people actively distance themselves from would-be social partners even as they believe that the cause of the social distance is attributable to others and is beyond their own control.

    “Negative social expectations tend to elicit behaviors from others that confirm the lonely persons’ expectations, thereby setting in motion a self-fulfilling prophecy in which lonely people actively distance themselves from would-be social partners even as they believe that the cause of the social distance is attributable to others and is beyond their own control [37].”

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Authors
Newall, N. E., Chipperfield, J. G., Clifton, R. A., Perry, R. P., Swift, A. U., & Ruthig, J. C.
Affiliations
  • University of Manitoba (CA)
  • University of North Dakota (US)
Corresponding author
Newall, Nancy E.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-03
Volume
26
Issue
2-3
Pages
273-290
ISSN
  • 0265-4075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-3608
DOI
10.1177/0265407509106718
OpenAlex
W2047673943
Cited by
273
References
8
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Keywords
loneliness, causal beliefs, attribution theory, social participation (health and rehabilitation), older adults, friendship development, internal-external locus of control, social failure, aging

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