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
The Handbook of SOLITUDE
Over the course of a lifespan, humans experience solitude for a wide variety of reasons and subjectively respond to seclusion with a wide range of reactions and consequences. The Handbook of Solitude: Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone presents a comprehensive compilation of the most cutting edge psychological research related to the construct of solitude.
Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, readings explore aspects of solitary behavior from a myriad of psychological perspectives, including developmental, neuropsychological, social, personality, and clinical; during different developmental periods across the lifespan; and across a broad range of contexts, including various natural environments, college campuses, singlehood, meditation, and cyberspace. Other insights into solitude are garnered through extradisciplinary researchers in fields such as biology, anthropology, sociology, political science, religious studies, and philosophy. Innovative and illuminating, this Handbook represents the definitive treatment of the psychological concept of solitude as an area of study.
