Growing old and lonely in different societies: Toward a comparative perspective

Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

Paul Steidlmeier, Robert Ν. Bellah, Richard Madsen et al. · Review of Religious Research · 1986 · 5.1K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +6

Loneliness: A Sourcebook of Current Theory, Research and Therapy.

Howard M. Bahr, Letitia Anne Peplau, Daniel Perlman · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1984 · 1.4K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +17

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

Michael M. Stewart · JAMA · 1977 · 890 citations

Education, Human Development, Sociology +12

Loneliness: A sourcebook of current theory, research and therapy

Ellen Costello · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · 1983 · 561 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

Social Myth as Hypothesis: The Case of the Family Relations of Old People

Ethel Shanas · The Gerontologist · 1979 · 409 citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Family Demography +12