Loneliness – Struggle in the City

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How does starting University affect the Feeling of Loneliness?

Posted on 18/07/202118/07/2021 by admin

By: Alice

There are many factors that may make a student’s first year of university particularly hard: Living by yourself, drifting apart from old friends, forming new friendships and unmet expectations. The beginning of university can feel like a test: Does the student succeed at coming of age and become an adult who lives on their own and creates their own community? Students who have difficulties adapting to their new environment may feel like they failed at doing so … (read more)

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What is Student Loneliness?

Posted on 05/07/202105/07/2021 by admin

By: Jindra Hartog

Loneliness is often defined as the experience of low quality or quantity of social relationships. Students – who often need to uproot their lives, including their existing support networks – are thus especially at risk of feeling alone … (read more)

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A Shrug and a Shudder: Why the Dismissive and Negative Attitude towards Student Loneliness?

Posted on 07/07/202107/07/2021 by admin

By: Jindra Hartog

Why is it that we see student loneliness in such a negative, tainted light? Following the diverse impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on all layers of society, the concept of loneliness – especially within the student community – has been brought to attention as an often overlooked and dismissed issue. So, how has student loneliness been stigmatized? And how has this stigma blurred the line between loneliness and merely being alone? … (read more)

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What is Loneliness?

Posted on 10/02/202110/02/2021 by admin

Author: Alex Mangun

Loneliness can wear many faces. At its core however, loneliness is an unpleasant experience springing from a perceived deficit in social interaction, either through a lack of quantity or quality of relationships … (read more)

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Frisse Gedachtes

Posted on 01/07/202105/07/2021 by admin

By: Sofia Tamburello

The online platform “Frisse Gedachtes” is a Dutch psychological assistance provider. This service seeks to help (both international and Dutch) university students with dealing with some of the most common struggles they can encounter when attending university, among which loneliness. Its philosophy is based on three core features: choice, trained, anonymous … (read more)

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Who Are the Lonely People of The Hague?

Posted on 10/02/202110/02/2021 by admin

Author: Ana Nico Clément

The Hague is one of the loneliest cities in the Netherlands. In fact, residents of the political capital have some of the highest rates of loneliness in the country – 9 percent more than the rest. Factors ranging from income, descent and age must all be considered to understand loneliness in The Hague … (read more

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How do you measure Loneliness?

Posted on 11/02/202111/02/2021 by admin

Author: Iris Hulshof

Loneliness is a subjective state, but can still be measured. While there are different approaches, the municipality of The Hague uses the Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale to gain a better understanding of loneliness throughout the city … (read more)

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How do Loneliness and Unemployment Affect Each Other?

Posted on 10/02/202110/02/2021 by admin

Author: Alex Mangun

When loneliness and unemployment are combined, they can create an unforgiving downwards spiral, negatively impacting both states and trapping the individual in a vicious cycle … (read more)