The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone

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Robert J. Coplan, Julie C. Bowker
John Wiley & Sons, 2 dic 2013 - 608 páginas
This reference work offers a comprehensive compilation of current psychological research related to the construct of solitude
  • Explores numerous psychological perspectives on solitude, including those from developmental, neuropsychological, social, personality, and clinical psychology
  • Examines different developmental periods across the lifespan, and across a broad range of contexts, including natural environments, college campuses, relationships, meditation, and cyberspace
  • Includes contributions from the leading international experts in the field
  • Covers concepts and theoretical approaches, empirical research, as well as clinical applications
 

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Jonathan J Detrixhe Department of Psychiatry Center for Intensive Treatment
3
An Attachment Perspective on Loneliness
34
On the Interplay
51
Psychoanalytic Perspectives
71
Issues of Assessment Theory and Culture
90
Solitude Across the Lifespan
109
Social Groups Rejection Sensitivity
129
Affinity for Aloneness in Adolescence and Preference for Solitude
150
Loneliness and Internet Use
317
Seeking Solitude in Community
335
The Restorative Qualities of Being Alone with Nature
351
Social Anhedonia and Solitude
371
Social Anxiety Disorder and Emotional Solitude
391
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Children with
409
Solitude and Personality Disorders
427
The Hikikomori
445

Social Withdrawal during Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
167
Introversion Solitude and Subjective WellBeing
184
Social Approach and Avoidance Motivations
202
Ostracism and Solitude
224
Social Isolation among Older People
242
Solitude Across Contexts 261
263
Loneliness and Belongingness in the College Years
283
Single in a Society Preoccupied with Couples
302
Disciplinary Perspectives 461
463
Anomie and Urban Solitude
483
The Role of Solitude in Transcending
499
From Solitude to Ambient
517
Desire Subjectivity and PseudoSolitude
539
Solitude and Spirituality
557
Index
573
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The Editors

Robert J. Coplan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University and Director of the Pickering Centre for Research in Human Development. Dr. Coplan is co-editor of Social Development in Childhood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), and The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal (2010) and a former editor of the journal, Social Development.

Julie C. Bowker is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Her research program focuses on the roles that close interpersonal relationships play in socio-emotional development and psychopathology during late childhood and early adolescence.

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