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In Chapter 3 the principal reasons for loneliness in later life were presented, both those gathered from published sources and those volunteered by the members of the University of the Third Age who took part in the survey. It should be remembered that the latter were a rather special group of people, and that the fact of their having joined such an organization may have resulted in their being less lonely than the generality of the population in their age-group. However, the best way to proceed seems first to consider the main reasons for loneliness that emerged from this study.
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Gibson, H.B. (2000). Overcoming Loneliness. In: Loneliness in Later Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510203_6
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