The sense of loneliness and a satisfaction with life of people staying in Residential Care Facilities in Cracow

• Authors: Franczyk, Ewelina

Abstracts

EN

The present article introduces results of the empirical research about a relationship between the index of the sense of loneliness and a level of satisfaction with the life among people staying in five residential care facilities (DPS ) in Cracow. The research was carried out in 5 residential care facilities (DPS ) in Cracow. There were 70 respondents (50 women and 20 men). It was conducted by using “Satisfaction With Life Scale” and “The 11-item De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale”. The analysed research data showed a negative nature of the relationship between the index of the sense of loneliness and a level of satisfaction.

Keywords

EN

loneliness; DPS-residential care facility (an institution in the Polish social assistance system); satisfaction with life; satisfaction with life scale; loneliness scale

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 35(2)
• Pages: 167-178

Dates

published

2020-05-19

Contributors

author

Franczyk, Ewelina

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.1495