{"product_id":"loneliness-updated-ami-rokach-9781138945388","title":"Loneliness Updated: Recent research on loneliness and how it affects our lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"To be alone is to be different. To be different is to be alone, and to be in the interior of this fatal circle is to be lonely. To be lonely is to have failed\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e (Susan Schultz, 1976)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoneliness carries a significant social stigma, as lack of friendship and social ties is socially undesirable, and social perceptions of lonely people are generally unfavourable. Lonely people often have very negative self-perceptions, believing that the inability to establish social ties is due to personal inadequacies or socially undesirable attributes. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is divided into three parts. The first part reviews loneliness in general, describing what it is and how it affects us. The second part examines loneliness throughout the life cycle, analysing how it affects us in childhood, adulthood and as we age. The final part explores the connection between loneliness and other conditions such as arthritis, eating disorders and depression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoneliness Updated offers the latest research on how loneliness can affect us in our daily lives, and how it is expressed as we travel through life from childhood to old age. It will be a highly interesting read for scholars, students and researchers of clinical psychology, particularly those interested in further exploring the effects and consequences of loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal of Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ami Rokach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138945382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138945388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Ami Rokach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063787417855,"sku":"9781138945388","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f29cea60-60fd-43f9-acaa-4217463ee911.jpg?v=1685391647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loneliness-updated-ami-rokach-9781138945388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}