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Jenny de Jong Gierveld

Jenny de Jong Gierveld

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
10610
World Ranking
10016
National Ranking
443

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Jenny de Jong Gierveld is affiliated with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The researcher's work primarily spans the fields of social sciences, psychology, and health professions, with a focus on several subfields including health, general health professions, social psychology, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

The scientific contributions include recent publications such as:

  • Een passende aanpak van eenzaamheid: een vertaalslag van empirische data naar de praktijk, 2022, Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Key topics of research covered by Jenny de Jong Gierveld involve:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Mental health treatment and access
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Community health and development
  • Mental health and patient involvement

Co-authorship collaborations have been frequently established with:

  • T.G. van Tilburg
  • José Buz
  • Daniel Perlman

The researcher's work has appeared notably in the venue:

  • Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Award recognition includes membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1993.

Best Publications

  • A 6-Item Scale for Overall, Emotional, and Social Loneliness: Confirmatory Tests on Survey Data

    Jenny De Jong Gierveld

  • The De Jong Gierveld short scales for emotional and social loneliness: tested on data from 7 countries in the UN Generations and Gender Surveys

    Jenny De Jong Gierveld;Theo Van Tilburg

  • A review of loneliness: concept and definitions, determinants and consequences

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Loneliness and Social Isolation

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Theo van Tilburg;Pearl A. Dykstra

  • Changes in Older Adult Loneliness : Results From a Seven-Year Longitudinal Study

    Pearl A. Dykstra;Theo G. van Tilburg;Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Cross-National Differences in Older Adult Loneliness

    Tineke Fokkema;Jenny De Jong Gierveld;Pearl A Dykstra

  • "Gender and Marital-History Differences in Emotional and Social Loneliness among Dutch Older Adults".

    Pearl A Dykstra;Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Remarriage, Unmarried Cohabitation, Living Apart Together: Partner Relationships Following Bereavement or Divorce

    Jenny De Jong Gierveld

  • Quality of Marriages in Later Life and Emotional and Social Loneliness

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Marjolein Broese van Groenou;Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn;Johannes H. Smit

  • Living arrangements and social networks of older adults

    C.P.M. Knipscheer;J. de Jong-Gierveld;T.G. van Tilburg;P.A. Dykstra

  • Cross-national comparisons of social isolation and loneliness: introduction and overview.

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Betty Havens

  • Living arrangements, intergenerational support types and older adult loneliness in Eastern and Western Europe

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Pearl A. Dykstra;Niels Schenk

  • Living arrangements and social networks as interlocking mediating structures

    Kees Knipscheer;Pearl Dykstra;Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Theo van Tilburg

  • Loneliness of Older Immigrant Groups in Canada: Effects of Ethnic-Cultural Background

    Jenny De Jong Gierveld;Suzan Van der Pas;Norah Keating;Norah Keating;Norah Keating

  • The effect of parental resources on patterns of leaving home among young adults in the Netherlands

    Jenny De Jong Gierveld;Aart C. Liefbroer;Erik Beekink

  • Loneliness in urban neighbourhoods: an Anglo-Dutch comparison.

    Thomas Scharf;Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Validation of the Chinese translation of the 6-item De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale in elderly Chinese

    Grace Tak Yu Leung;Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Linda Chiu Wa Lam

  • Loneliness among Older Adults in the Netherlands, Italy, and Canada: A Multifaceted Comparison

    Theo van Tilburg;Betty Havens;Jenny de Jong Gierveld

  • Loneliness in old age in Eastern and Western European societies: theoretical perspectives.

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Clemens Tesch-Römer

  • Determinants of Loneliness among Older Adults in Canada

    Jenny de Jong Gierveld;Norah Keating;Janet E. Fast

Frequent Co-Authors

Pearl A. Dykstra
Pearl A. Dykstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Theo G. van Tilburg
Theo G. van Tilburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Linda C. W. Lam
Linda C. W. Lam Chinese University of Hong Kong
Johannes H. Smit
Johannes H. Smit Leiden University Medical Center
Daniel Perlman
Daniel Perlman University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Hannie C. Comijs
Hannie C. Comijs VU University Medical Center

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