Sense-making of loneliness and exclusion from social relations among older adults in Sweden.
Axel AgrenGeorgios PavlidisPublished in: The Gerontologist (2023)
States of ESR were discussed more comfortably than loneliness, while various linguistic resources were used to distance themselves from loneliness. These findings indicate the need for further studies elaborating on how older adults make sense of ESR and loneliness and what implications this has for older adults' well-being and identity-making.