Coping with loneliness in southern Myanmar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19000258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samia C Akhter-Khan (0000-0002-5037-3636, King's College London, corresponding author), Johanna Drewelies (0000-0002-3774-2169, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Khin Myo Wai |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 245-262 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1683-478X • E-ISSN: 2168-4227 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1683478x.2022.2115623 |
| OpenAlex | W4298147325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
Little is known about the experience of older adults’ loneliness in Southeast Asia. Situated in southern Myanmar, this study uses ethnographic interviews to shed light on coping strategies that older adults deploy to prevent and reduce loneliness. A resilient mindset was identified as essential to alleviating loneliness in older adults, a strategy described as including acceptance of loneliness and finding strength to fight against loneliness. Acceptance was facilitated by religious practices such as praying and meditating. Efforts to reduce loneliness included leisure activities “just to pass the time” and engagement in care provision. Culturally specific concepts such as prosociality and social harmony, as well as religious ideas such as karma and the desire for a non-lonely afterlife influenced the ways the people we interviewed coped with loneliness and adverse life events
Feeling · Loneliness · Mindset · Clinical Psychology · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |