Journal article
Understanding Social and Emotional Loneliness among Black Older Adults: A Scoping Review
Abstract
Black older adults' (BOAs) experience of loneliness differs from other ethnic groups because of the disproportionate disadvantages faced across their life course. This scoping review aimed to describe the range of research on loneliness or subjective social isolation among BOAs, identifying the contributing factors to loneliness in this population, based on Weiss' Social provision Framework. Of the 15,345 initial retrieved citations from seven …
Authors
Ojembe BU; Kalu ME; Ezulike CD; Iwuagwu AO; Ekoh C; Oyinlola O; Osifeso T; Makanjuola JO; Kapiriri L
Journal
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp. 2594–2608
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
December 2022
DOI
10.1177/07334648221118357
ISSN
0733-4648