Lise Switsers
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 303444 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Lise Switsers |
| PRENOMES | Lise |
| SOBRENOME | Switsers |
| ASSINATURA | SWITSERS L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7025-7934 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Life stories from lonely older adults
Previous research has highlighted the importance of past life experiences in the theoretical and conceptual understanding of loneliness. However, adding a lifecourse perspective to loneliness research remains underexplored. To comprehend the complexity of loneliness in old age, it is crucial to pay attention to the lifecourse perspective. This study addresses an important lifecourse perspective on loneliness through an in-depth, narrative approac…
Exploration of the potentially effective elements within the policy concept of caring neighbourhoods in addressing and preventing loneliness
Loneliness does not only occur later in life; children, adolescents and adults can also experience loneliness during their lifetime. Loneliness leads to a variety of short- and long-term negative health effects. Given those negative effects, there has been an increased demand to introduce interventions that reduce loneliness. Furthermore, recently different scholars make a plea from loneliness reduction to loneliness prevention. Today, one of the…
Community health workers and culturally competent home care in Belgium
This qualitative study investigates through a realist evaluation how the work training programme of 10 community health workers (CHWs) contributed to culturally competent home care services. A European Social Fund project trained 10 jobseekers with migration backgrounds to become CHWs in Brussels (Belgium). Three research questions were formulated: (a) What increase in the cultural competence of the home care organisations can be identified at th…
Gender-related differences in the relationship between social and activity participation and health and subjective well-being in later life
Life Stories of Voluntarily Childless Older People
This article investigates the reasons for and experiences of voluntary childlessness throughout the life course. Thirteen voluntarily childless people aged 60 years and older (Belgium) were interviewed using the McAdams approach (2005). Four profiles were derived from the reasons given for voluntary childlessness: the 'liberated careerist,' the 'social critic,' the 'acquiescent partner,' and 'voluntarily childless because of life course circumsta…
Gender-related differences in the relationship between social and activity participation and health and subjective well-being in later life
Life Stories of Voluntarily Childless Older People
This article investigates the reasons for and experiences of voluntary childlessness throughout the life course. Thirteen voluntarily childless people aged 60 years and older (Belgium) were interviewed using the McAdams approach (2005). Four profiles were derived from the reasons given for voluntary childlessness: the 'liberated careerist,' the 'social critic,' the 'acquiescent partner,' and 'voluntarily childless because of life course circumsta…
Community health workers and culturally competent home care in Belgium
This qualitative study investigates through a realist evaluation how the work training programme of 10 community health workers (CHWs) contributed to culturally competent home care services. A European Social Fund project trained 10 jobseekers with migration backgrounds to become CHWs in Brussels (Belgium). Three research questions were formulated: (a) What increase in the cultural competence of the home care organisations can be identified at th…
Gender-related differences in the relationship between social and activity participation and health and subjective well-being in later life
Life Stories of Voluntarily Childless Older People
This article investigates the reasons for and experiences of voluntary childlessness throughout the life course. Thirteen voluntarily childless people aged 60 years and older (Belgium) were interviewed using the McAdams approach (2005). Four profiles were derived from the reasons given for voluntary childlessness: the 'liberated careerist,' the 'social critic,' the 'acquiescent partner,' and 'voluntarily childless because of life course circumsta…
Exploration of the potentially effective elements within the policy concept of caring neighbourhoods in addressing and preventing loneliness
Loneliness does not only occur later in life; children, adolescents and adults can also experience loneliness during their lifetime. Loneliness leads to a variety of short- and long-term negative health effects. Given those negative effects, there has been an increased demand to introduce interventions that reduce loneliness. Furthermore, recently different scholars make a plea from loneliness reduction to loneliness prevention. Today, one of the…
Life stories from lonely older adults
Previous research has highlighted the importance of past life experiences in the theoretical and conceptual understanding of loneliness. However, adding a lifecourse perspective to loneliness research remains underexplored. To comprehend the complexity of loneliness in old age, it is crucial to pay attention to the lifecourse perspective. This study addresses an important lifecourse perspective on loneliness through an in-depth, narrative approac…
Psychology (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Gerontology (3 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 obras) · Social Psychology (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Developmental psychology (2 obras) · Feeling (2 obras) · Loneliness (2 obras)