The Handbook of Solitude

Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone
Herausgegeben von Coplan, Robert J.; Bowker, Julie C.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The study of solitude cuts across virtually all subdisciplines of psychology and has been explored from multiple and diverse theoretical perspectives across the lifespan. This handbook provides psychology students, researchers, and faculty the first comprehensive compilation of research related to the construct of solitude. It examines the construct of solitude from multiple perspectives, during different developmental periods across the lifespan, and across a broad range of contexts.

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This reference work offers a comprehensive compilation of current psychological research related to the construct of solitude

Explores numerous psychological perspectives on solitude, including those from developmental, neuropsychological, social, personality, and clinical psychology
Examines different developmental periods across the lifespan, and across a broad range of contexts, including natural environments, college campuses, relationships, meditation, and cyberspace
Includes contributions from the leading international experts in the field
Covers concepts and theoretical approaches, empirical research, as well as clinical applications

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1324g
• ISBN-13: 9781118427361
• ISBN-10: 111842736X
• Artikelnr.: 39126117

Autorenporträt

The Editors Robert J. Coplan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University and Director of the Pickering Centre for Research in Human Development. Dr. Coplan is co-editor of Social Development in Childhood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader (Wiley Blackwell, 2011), and The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal (2010) and a former editor of the journal, Social Development. Julie C. Bowker is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Her research program focuses on the roles that close interpersonal relationships play in socio-emotional development and psychopathology during late childhood and early adolescence.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors viii Foreword: On Solitude, Withdrawal, and Social
Isolation xii Kenneth H. Rubin Part I Theoretical Perspectives 1 1 All
Alone: Multiple Perspectives on the Study of Solitude 3 Robert J. Coplan
and Julie C. Bowker 2 Studying Withdrawal and Isolation in the Peer Group:
Historical Advances in Concepts and Measures 14 William M. Bukowski and
Marie-Hélène Véronneau 3 An Attachment Perspective on Loneliness 34 Mario
Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver 4 Shyness and the Electrical Activity of
the Brain: On the Interplay between Theory and Method 51 Louis A. Schmidt
and Vladimir Miskovic 5 The Origins of Solitude: Psychoanalytic
Perspectives 71 Evangelia Galanaki 6 Experiences of Solitude: Issues of
Assessment, Theory, and Culture 90 James R. Averill and Louise Sundararajan
Part II Solitude Across the Lifespan 109 7 The Causes and Consequences of
"Playing Alone" in Childhood 111 Robert J. Coplan and Laura Ooi 8 Peer
Rejection in Childhood: Social Groups, Rejection Sensitivity, and Solitude
129 Drew Nesdale and Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck 9 Affinity for Aloneness in
Adolescence and Preference for Solitude in Childhood: Linking Two Research
Traditions 150 Luc Goossens 10 Social Withdrawal during Adolescence and
Emerging Adulthood 167 Julie C. Bowker, Larry J. Nelson, Andrea Markovic,
and Stephanie Luster 11 Introversion, Solitude, and Subjective Well-Being
184 John M. Zelenski, Karin Sobocko, and Deanna C. Whelan 12 Social
Approach and Avoidance Motivations 202 Jana Nikitin and Simone Schoch 13
Ostracism and Solitude 224 Eric D. Wesselmann, Kipling D. Williams,
Dongning Ren, and Andrew H. Hales 14 Social Isolation among Older People
242 Elaine Wethington and Karl Pillemer Part III Solitude Across Contexts
261 15 Anxious Solitude at School 263 Heidi Gazelle and Madelynn Druhen
Shell 16 Loneliness and Belongingness in the College Years 283 Steven R.
Asher and Molly Stroud Weeks 17 Single in a Society Preoccupied with
Couples 302 Bella DePaulo 18 Loneliness and Internet Use 317 Yair
Amichai-Hamburger and Barry H. Schneider 19 Mindfulness Meditation: Seeking
Solitude in Community 335 Paul Salmon and Susan Matarese 20 The Restorative
Qualities of Being Alone with Nature 351 Kalevi Korpela and Henk Staats
Part IV Clinical Perspectives 369 21 Social Anhedonia and Solitude 371
Thomas R. Kwapil, Paul J. Silvia, and Neus Barrantes-Vidal 22 Social
Anxiety Disorder and Emotional Solitude 391 Lynn E. Alden and Karen W.
Auyeung 23 Loneliness and Social Isolation in Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders 409 Connie Kasari and Lindsey Sterling 24 Solitude and
Personality Disorders 427 Kevin B. Meehan, Kenneth N. Levy, Christina M.
Temes, and Jonathan J. Detrixhe 25 The Intersection of Culture and
Solitude: The Hikikomori Phenomenon in Japan 445 Alan R. Teo, Kyle W.
Stufflebam, and Takahiro A. Kato Part V Disciplinary Perspectives 461 26 A
View from Biology: Playing Alone and with Others: A Lesson from Animals 463
Elisabetta Palagi 27 A View from Anthropology: Anomie and Urban Solitude
483 Leo Coleman 28 A View from Sociology: The Role of Solitude in
Transcending Social Crises - New Possibilities for Existential Sociology
499 Jack Fong 29 A View from Computer Science: From Solitude to Ambient
Sociability - Redefining the Social and Psychological Aspects of Isolation
in Online Games 517 Nicolas Ducheneaut and Nicholas Yee 30 A View from
Political Theory: Desire, Subjectivity, and Pseudo-Solitude 539 Matthew H.
Bowker 31 A View from Religious Studies: Solitude and Spirituality 557 John
D. Barbour Index 573

Rezensionen

Solitude has had a bad name in our society, and in our psychology: it is often equated with isolation, loneliness, shyness, and social awkwardness. The Handbook discusses these, but abundantly treats the other side solitude that fosters insight, connection, creativity, introspection, healing, and enlightenment. This is a badly needed and broadly focused antidote for the negative approach, and its group of expert contributors provides a fuller understanding of a state people often experience, and sometimes need.
--Peter Suedfeld, Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus of Psychology, The University of British Columbia

This large volume is a veritable feast of information and perspectives on the important topic of solitude. Scholars from diverse sub-disciplines of psychology (e.g., developmental, clinical, social, neuroscience, cultural psychology) and varied disciplines (e.g., sociology, anthropology, political science, religious studies, computer science, biology) weigh in on this complex topic. Even the most knowledgeable reader will learn much about types and potential causes and outcomes of solitude and be exposed to new theoretical frameworks.
--Nancy Eisenberg, Regents Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University