Loneliness

Loneliness is a common and extensive experience that has raised in every people lives. Most people have experienced Loneliness at any point of time. Loneliness is an important concept in Psychology.

LONELINESS DEFINITION:

"Loneliness is a feeling of social disconnectedness in which a person wishes that he or she had better social relationships".

     The above definition for loneliness describes that it is not same as aloneness. Both have a difference and quality in it. Loneliness defines that, difference between the current quality of one's social relationships and the aim of one's social relationships.

THE EXPERIENCE OF LONELINESS:

Elements of Loneliness:

They are many possible feelings linked to loneliness.Mikluciner and Segal supervised some measures of loneliness and asked the participants to tell their loneliness they have experienced in their lives.

*Self – Pity(32%)

*No one understood their feelings(17%)

*Helplessness(24%)

*Being different(20%)

*Boredom(14%)

*Rejection in their lives(18%)

POSSIBLE CAUSES OF LONELINESS:

There are many possible causes of loneliness, few among them are;

*Situational which occurs when we move to new location or having a job that requires you to work for many hours.

*Personal loneliness is due to both situational and personal variables.

*Shyness was positively correlated with loneliness said Mehrabian and Stefl. Also it is said that greater shyness was associated with greater loneliness.

*In 1985 Stokes found that loneliness was negatively correlated with the frequency of receiving supportive behaviors.

*In 1993 Bell found that emotional loneliness was negatively correlated with the perceived similarity of one's interest in ideas with friends and colleague.

LONELINESS AND SELF–REFLECTION:

Self–Reflection is a path which also deals with people who have been in loneliness. In 1990 Rokach said that self–Reflection was a strategy that people reported handling with loneliness. Self–Reflection can also be viewed as growth in personal life.