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Loneliness in Europe Determinants, Risks and Interventions

This open-access volume accompanies the microdata release of the EU Loneliness Survey. Loneliness, often referred to as the ‘epidemic of the 21st century’, has emerged as a grave public health concern. For years, a lack of comprehensive European cross-national data hindered a thorough examination of...

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Other Authors: Schnepf, Sylke V. (Editor), d'Hombres, Béatrice (Editor), Mauri, Caterina (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Population Economics
Subjects:
Labor Economics
Welfare Economics
Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Social Choice And Welfare
Population / Economic Aspects
Economic Policy
Social Policy
Health Promotion
Medicine, Preventive
Socio-economic Policy
Social Choice
Population Economics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Loneliness: an underestimated public health threat (Béatrice d’Hombres)
  • Chapter 2. Measuring loneliness: the European Union Loneliness Survey covering 27 European countries (Caterina Mauri)
  • Part II. Loneliness and Its Associates
  • Chapter 3. Who feels lonely in the European Union? (Francesco Berlingieri)
  • Chapter 4. Childhood experiences, health and loneliness (Matija Kovacic)
  • Chapter 5. Social media use and loneliness (Béatrice d’Hombres)
  • Chapter 6. Loneliness, societal preferences and political attitudes (Alexander Langenkamp)
  • Part III. Loneliness Interventions And Conclusions
  • Chapter 7. Counteracting the effects of loneliness: empirical research and policy interventions (Elizabeth J. Casabianca)
  • Chapter 8. Taking stock of loneliness in the European Union: a future pathway (Sylke V. Schnepf)

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