[Further data on the isolation of the aged (authors transl)].
Author's studies performed on 100 aged persons over sixty revealed the factors which play a role in the decline of the interpersonal connections. From his results, he suggests two forms of the communication-decrease during senessence. One form is a factor of exogen origin, which comes into existence as a result of deprivation effects, respectively. On the other hand, the second one is of intra-individual origin, whose nature formed by special characteristics of personality. These are typical of the individual during whole life. Both forms verify that in certain cases favourable, compensating components must be taken into account, however, sometimes this effect could be inauspicious. Separating the two forms is of great importance from the point of geriatrics, as well.
D000375:Aging; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012934:Social Isolation
Zur Frage der Isolierung im höheren Alter.