Loneliness: A Sourcebook of Current Theory, Research and TherapyLetitia Anne Peplau, Daniel Perlman This compendium offers a wide range of in-depth research into loneliness and its treatment. Sociologists and psychologists address issues such as the difference between loneliness and being alone, the various types of loneliness, why people become lonely, and how the lonely can be helped. A selected bibliography on loneliness is also included. |
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PERSPECTIVES ON LONELINESS | 1 |
ALONENESS | 19 |
ALONENESS AS A HEALING EXPERIENCE | 54 |
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