Rokach A
Ontario Correctional Institute, Brampton, Canada.
Psychol Rep. 1996 Oct;79(2):475-81. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.475.
Previous research, upon which the present study is based, identified five clearly distinguished factors which comprise the loneliness experience: Emotional distress, Social inadequacy and alienation, Growth and discovery, Interpersonal isolation, and Self alienation. Further research indicated that the various coping strategies could be grouped into six factors, namely, Reflection and acceptance, Self-development and understanding. Social support network, Distancing and denial, Religion and faith, and Increased activity. The present study examined which were the most beneficial coping strategies, depending on the qualitative experience of lonely persons. The following coping strategies were identified as best suited to cope with and reduce the pain of loneliness. Acceptance and reflection, Social interaction, and Increased activity. Distancing from loneliness and attempts to ignore and deny it are the least effective and can, at best, be helpful on a temporary basis only.
本研究基于以往的研究，确定了构成孤独体验的五个明显不同的因素：情绪困扰、社交不足与疏离、成长与发现、人际孤立和自我疏离。进一步的研究表明，各种应对策略可分为六个因素，即反思与接受、自我发展与理解、社会支持网络、疏离与否认、宗教与信仰以及增加活动。本研究考察了根据孤独者的定性体验，哪些应对策略最有益。以下应对策略被确定为最适合应对和减轻孤独痛苦的策略。接受与反思、社交互动和增加活动。远离孤独以及试图忽视和否认孤独是最无效的，充其量只能在短期内有所帮助。
