We also found that participants deployed personality archetypes such as that of being a ‘loner’ or a ‘people's person’ in order to control the interpretation of their situation, thus emphasising the need to not take these labels on face value when conducting health or social care assessments and when doing research (Cohen, Reference Cohen2004). MF02: Oh yeah. Conversely, a variety of underpinning structural conditions, such as stable neighbourhoods serviced with accessible public transport, liveable pensions and availability of community organisations, and inclusivity, are all fundamentally conducive to social connectedness. It does so by moving beyond individual psychological or physical characteristics to consider the nature of older people's wider social networks (Cornwell et al., Reference Cornwell, Laumann and Schumm2008; Wiles et al., Reference Wiles, Allen, Palmer, Hayman, Keeling and Kerse2009; Yen, Reference Yen, Shim, Martinez and Baker2012) and engagement in the ‘social world in toto’ (Bellingham, Reference Bellingham, Cohen, Jones and Spaniol1989; Lee, Reference Lee, Draper and Lee2001; Register and Scharer, Reference Register and Scharer2010). Positive and supportive social relationships and community connections can help buffer the effects of risk factors in people’s lives. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019, Hostname: page-component-546c57c664-hvrkn They now are able to consider intentions of the individual and whether the person intended to do good or cause harm and also what context that person's actions took place in. (AF01). For example, many Māori participants described how they enjoyed the kaumātua (Māori elder) day-programme because it was designed around shared customs such as karakia (prayer) and the sharing of food. Some participants felt they could not rely on bus drivers to help them get on and off the bus, which meant they often stayed home rather than risk embarrassment. Step 1: Describe the Problem and Its Context, Step 3: Identify Key Risk and Protective Factors, Safe and Effective Messaging and Reporting, Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR), National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, National Organizations and Federal Agencies, comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. (AF01). 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An interview guide was developed for the individual interviews. We approached social connectedness from a social constructionist theoretical framework, inspired by the approach of Victor et al. And consequently [it has reduced] my interests in going out anywhere, reducing my ability [and] my willingness to do anything ’cos it was such a rigmarole. This was apparent in one NZE man's vivid description of the exhausting and difficult work getting out of the house means for him: …crawling into the car, getting in and out of the car … with my restricted ability to move around. This work was supported by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment National Science Challenge under the Ageing Well fund. TM, LW, SB, TM-M, OD and H-JP were involved in data collection. But we say hello, ’cos I've gotta go past her unit. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Conversely, the loss of a romantic partner can cause significant loneliness and stress. (Reference Jamieson, Gibson, Abey-Nesbit, Ahuriri-Driscoll, Keeling and Schluter2017) that Pacific and Asian elders can feel lonely even when living with family. Retrieved from. Oklahoma City, OK 73104. To ensure the robustness and cultural-safety of our analysis, where researchers’ interpretations differed, the researcher leading the data-set was given priority. One founded her own choir with someone she met through another Chinese-specific community group she attended. Late-life migration also plays an important role in inhibiting social connection to the wider community, although a critical factor appears to be English proficiency rather than ethnicity per se (Park et al., Reference Park, Morgan, Wiles and Gott2019). The group interview guide was adapted from the interview guide to facilitate group discussion, exploring what participants perceive helped and hindered social connection but not including the personalised mapping of social connections. * Views captured on Cambridge Core between 18th November 2019 - 9th January 2021. Governments also need to adjust the pension to a liveable rate that ensures older people can afford to socialise, given the importance this on their health and wellbeing (New Zealand Treasury, 2018). The impact of poverty, inequality and exclusion, particularly on older individuals from minoritised backgrounds, has recently received attention in research and policy (Umberson and Montez, Reference Umberson and Montez2010; Weldrick and Grenier, Reference Weldrick and Grenier2018). This prejudice is added to our group. So that keeps me cooking, you know? Participants strove to portray themselves as resourceful and agentic and often focused their narratives on outlining what they did happily on their own as much as what they did with others. People are coming and going all the time, so nobody's actually reaching out into their neighbourhood. by also enhancing protective factors that help children and adolescents avoid multiple behaviors that place them at risk for adverse health and educational outcomes. Scholars have also argued for the greater emphasis on the structural context in which older people attempt to make connections. Okay, you know, and you go up to them and say what have you been saying about me, and they all look ashamed and walk away. Interviewer: And how many are you close to here? We employed a horizontal sampling strategy, which incorporates a mixture of strong and weak ties as ‘bridges’ into new social networks, thus allowing a number of entry-points to our population (Geddes et al., Reference Geddes, Parker and Scott2018). ⢠The strategies used to enhance the liveability of places, especially for young people Example: Living in polar climates Liveability changes over time âyoung people are leaving Technology can overcome remoteness & improve social connectedness ( economic, environmental social & cultural factors impact on liveability) In the remainder of cases participants did not have pets; many said this was because they did not think they could look after them effectively or expressed some conflict about whether the feeling of connection they might attain from a pet would offset the burden involved with taking care of them. GS Students undertake an inquiry of the influences on the liveability of a place. Suicide prevention programs should promote programs and practices leading to positive and supportive relationships. I know, it wasn't there before, now it's here. Even the neighbours, I can't talk to them, I can't talk [means she can't speak English]. Implement activities in educational institutions that help students increase and strengthen their social networks and connections. Key structural ways to improve social connectedness should focus on factors that enable cohesion between levels of connection, including stable neighbourhoods serviced with accessible public transport, liveable pensions and inclusivity of cultural diversity. Offering the first response in the larger group discussion to a question about how older people can avoid loneliness, an older NZE participant explains the importance of connection: As long as people are physically able of course, but I think one of the things to help really is to volunteer in the community if possible. Community organisations and policy makers also need to think about availability of transportation when planning their social interventions and reconsider whether home is always the best setting for interventions such as befriending services (Emlet and Moceri, Reference Emlet and Moceri2012). protective factors emerge from the current literature on children and young people developing a positive sense of identity and culture (Renshaw, 2019). Total loading time: 0.531 For example, they just talked about the bus, if it is local Kiwi waiting in that place, the bus would stop. Group interview participants are also identified by their ethnicity and gender as well as their group (KG: Korean group, CG: Chinese group, MxG: mixed ethnicity group). We would like thank our participants for their generosity of their time and insights. 13th Street, Nicholson Tower, 4N, 4900 "hasAccess": "1", 3 table of contents executive summary 2 introduction 4 literature review 6 belonging amongst older people 6 social connectedness in low-income and middle-income countries 8 gender and cultural norms in social connectedness 10 methodology 12 examining social connectedness and belonging 12 ethics and limitations 14 results, discussion, and analysis 15 "figures": false Our findings thus help to provide additional insight into the findings of Jamieson et al. Published online by Cambridge University Press: So then I started, and I said ‘there's swimming, aquarobics’ ’cos I started going to that just to get in with people, you know, make myself feel, put myself out there to communicate with other people, you know. While social connectedness is heralded as a key enabler of positive health and social outcomes for older people, rarely have they themselves had the opportunity to express their views about the concept. Some participants expressed a desire to socialise outside the home because it was too much energy to host people at their own space: Interviewer: And do you meet your friends often? "isLogged": "0", Limitations to one's ability to get out of the house were especially important because ‘being out’ was seen as related to attaining social recognition and as well as maintaining a connection beyond their ‘four walls’. Enhancing protective factors also might buffer children and adolescents from the potentially harmful effects of negative situations and events, such exposure to violence. Semi-structured interviews with older adults were conducted in three sites across New Zealand, purposively selected to enhance the possibility for inclusion of people who are often left out of research, and specifically to reflect New Zealand's cultural diversity (we aimed for at least ten interviews from each of four broad cultural groups: Māori, Pacific, NZ European (NZE) and Asian). Participants’ desire for independence underpinned their strong emphasis on getting out of the house in order to feel connected with the outside world by participating in ‘third spaces’ such as coffee shops and malls (Gardner, Reference Gardner2014). Alongside these similarities we also discuss important differences. In other cases participants felt let down by their families and therefore turned their efforts to making friends based on mutual interests or circumstances, as captured in this group interaction: …I left about 48 years ago now, and I've only just moved back two years. If they agreed they were interested in taking part in the study, a member of the research team called them to discuss the study further and to arrange a time and place to meet if they agreed to take part. }. Inclusion criteria for participation included being a self-defined older person, self-identifying as wanting more company, and cognitively able to agree to and participate in an extended face-to-face interview. Dyson, Judith However, our findings also support previous research which has identified the role that health-related factors such as mobility and diminished energy play in directly and indirectly supporting participants’ ability to connect socially (Heylen, Reference Heylen2010; Smith, Reference Smith2012). Interviews took place in 2016. All potential participants were offered a printed participant information sheet and letter of invitation by the person who recruited them. You know, I don't know how we meet them, you know. Like most families, my own has felt the impacts of adverse social connectedness. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. We followed culturally appropriate protocols whereby our interviewers and interviewees were matched by ethnicity and language; eight researchers were involved in conducting the interviews. PF04: Of something like in your mind, you can feel not, that's not you. When thinking about designing interventions for diverse populations, policy makers need to consider how enablers of social connectedness for some (especially the culturally hegemonic group) can result in social exclusion for others (Weldrick and Grenier, Reference Weldrick and Grenier2018). And it gives people something to get out of bed and, you know, aim for. Programs and practices that promote social connectedness and support are one element of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. Data were analysed using thematic and narrative analyses. Support the development of relationships between youth and positive adults in their lives (e.g., teachers, coaches). The Korean group was held at the house of one of the participants. Her and I are both Māori and, you know. 18 November 2019. Create and sustain peer-delivered services and support groups. In this way, the social connectedness approach pushes against ageist assumptions, which are often internalised by older people themselves, that later life necessarily involves diminished social contact and increased levels of social isolation and loneliness (Cornwell et al., Reference Cornwell, Laumann and Schumm2008; Kohli et al., Reference Kohli, Hank and Künemund2009). Strategic direction for the prevention of suicidal behavior: Promoting individual, family, and community connectedness to prevent suicidal behavior. Social psychologists have been studying the human need of belonging for many years. Our analysis demonstrates that older people conceptualise social connectedness as a multi-levelled concept that reflected relationships of affinity on the interpersonal level (family, friends), the meso-level of neighbourhood and community, and at the level of culture and society. Social Connectedness. One particularly influential yet hard to understand social determinant of health is social connectedness. Participants did not want to be viewed as a burden on others, especially their families, and many exerted considerable self-regulation (Register and Herman, Reference Register and Herman2010) to cultivate their interests and emotions in order to be viewed by others as socially desirable. Feelings of burden were closely associated with family narratives. By age 7 to 8, children no longer believe that all truth-telling is good and all lying bad. Not speaking English also left late-life migrants in particularly precarious situations when anything happened to their existing social support network: When we first moved here, if there are Korean people we all became friends, then now, since we have been here long and since this [admission to hospital] happened to my husband [we] all disconnected. And I said ‘blow this, if they're not going to come and see me I can go elsewhere’. Having the capacity to communicate with others was essential to enabling participants’ sense of connection. In this research we worked with a diverse sample of older people living in Aotearoa, New Zealand to explore what they saw as the enablers and barriers to being socially connected in their everyday lives. An update of the IOM book, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, this work focuses on the research base and program experience with young populations. Strategies to affect loneliness/social connectedness extracted from qualitative studies were analyzed as follows: (i) an initial list of two indicators of social connectedness/loneliness (i.e., caring for and about others and feelings of belonging) and nine modifiable influencing factors (i.e., social network, social support, self-reported health, technology use, formal group memberships, mental and emotional ⦠(AF01). After our children graduated from college, we agreed them to come to New Zealand. Ethics approval was gained from the University of Auckland's Human Participants Ethics Committee in April 2016 (016593). Characteristics of individual interview participants, Table 2. All participants provided written consent to participate, with the exception of one group discussion where verbal consent was recorded due to the size of the group (N = 22; this took place in response to the audience's enthusiasm following a presentation to an Age Concern coffee group by the researcher, where participants had the opportunity to opt in to participate following the close of the coffee morning, after a group discussion about informed consent. Is the driving skill so bad? Additional health board-specific ethics approval was attained for recruitment of participants via Older People's Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination teams at two hospitals: Counties Manukau Research Office (2291) and Waitemata DHB (RM13321). The participant below highlights a typical example: Interviewer: So that's when you know you're lonely, when you have this feeling of –. They investigate features and characteristics of Sydney Olympic Park that support and enhance peopleâs wellbeing such as environmental quality, access to services and facilities, social connectedness, cultural and heritage value, safety and aesthetics. These factors not only affect an employeeâs work performance, but it affects employee health too. social connectedness. This paper defines connectedness and presents a connectedness framework and the implications for suicide prevention in college settings. Lee and Robbins (1998) later characterized social connectedness as a type of relational schema or a "cognitive structure representing regularities in pat- Participants saw the main barriers to achieving connection at this meso-level as structural factors such as limited and unreliable public transport and staff who did not always treat them appropriately or with respect; for some participants, particularly from minoritised groups, this was exacerbated by overt racism towards them. Being able to speak to one's neighbours was seen as a way to get regular casual contact: Interviewer: What about your neighbours here? Due to the size of the group, specific individual-level data were not collected for each member of the group. This data will be updated every 24 hours. Social support and connection are key protective factors against suicide. Lack of funding was seen as a barrier to this: The government can pay attention to the elderly activity centre, organise some activities; these all need money. Participants drew on personal experience or what they had observed in others to indicate that the loss of eyesight and hearing resulted in uncomfortable social interactions and affected confidence for socialising. The Suicide Prevention Resource Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. (EF11). Positive and supportive social relationships and community connections can help buffer the effects of risk factors in people’s lives. All interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim. -Clarify link between moral imperative and social convention. Copyright © October 2020 by The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. Further questions explored experiences of loneliness and barriers and facilitators to social connectedness. Key structural ways to improve social connectedness should focus on factors that enable cohesion between levels of connection, including stable neighbourhoods serviced with accessible public transport, liveable pensions and inclusivity of cultural diversity. addressed loneliness/social connectedness for this popula-tion is unclear. This played out in the mixed ethnicity group discussion where an initially jovial interaction ended on a more sober note: Interviewer: Once you start losing your hearing or maybe your eyesight, does that lead to loneliness too? If they see a Chinese person waiting in that place, the driver would not stop the bus. Working with a diverse group of Pacific, Māori, Asian and New Zealand European older adults, this paper explores what matters to older people when discussing social connectedness? Underpinning discussions of what helped and hindered participants to connect was an emphatically expressed desire not to burden others. Notably, however, he still regarded his late wife as his closest contact during the mapping exercise, revealing how intimate connection does not cease necessarily with the death of a loved one. Social connectedness is considered an at-tribute of the self that reflects cognitions of enduring interpersonal closeness with the social world in toto. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopted promoting connectedness as its strategic direction for preventing suicidal behavior.1 The CDC defines connectedness as “the degree to which a person or group is socially close, interrelated, or shares resources with other persons or groups.”1. European participants for the most part expressed an up-to-date knowledge of the news (either via the radio or newspaper) to communicate their connection to New Zealand society. In line with previous research, we also found that feelings of social connection could improve in later life (Cornwell et al., Reference Cornwell, Laumann and Schumm2008; Victor et al., Reference Victor and Bowling2012). Where desired by participants, this involved co-producing a map using paper and pens about which people they had the most contact with and who felt the closest to them (denoted by their placement in relation to the participant who was in the centre of the sheet). The group discussions were held in community venues operated by Age Concern and the Chinese Positive Ageing Trust. We thank Louise Rees, Judith Davey and Robyn Dixon for their wider support of the project. Nevertheless, due to increasing rents and job-market precariousness, neighbourhoods (especially in our large metropolitan field site) were felt to be transitory and no longer offer the often-idealised form of social support, such as positive neighbouring, that our participants desired (Scharf and de Jong Gierveld, Reference Scharf and de Jong Gierveld2008; Stanley et al., Reference Stanley, Moyle, Ballantyne, Jaworski, Corlis, Oxlade, Stoll and Young2010; Bantry-White et al., Reference Bantry-White, O'Sullivan, Kenny and O'Connell2018). This same media, however, was perceived by Asian participants as fuelling the racism they experienced in everyday life. Help build positive attachments between families and organizations in the community (e.g., schools and tribal and faith-based organizations). And then working with people and really getting to know people, instead of just sitting within four walls. We conducted both a thematic and narrative analysis of our participants’ talk in order to make comparisons across groups as well as examining how our participants constructed themselves and their circumstances to the interviewer and in relation to peers in the case of the group discussions (Wiles et al., Reference Wiles, Rosenberg and Kearns2005; Braun and Clarke, Reference Braun and Clarke2006). Another strength of our cross-culturally designed project is that we had recruiters and interviewers who were culturally and linguistically matched which helped immensely with data collection and analysis. We thank the various organisations which supported this research, including: Age Concern, Salvation Army, Treasuring Older Adults Inc., Waitemata and Counties Manukau Older People's Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination teams. And then she'll go, ‘mōrena’. Making English-language courses widely available and free would help improve this. This meeting summary presents recommendations from experts on how to expand youth suicide prevention to focus on “upstream” approaches. Programs and practices that promote social connectedness and support are one element of a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. A further six participants struggled to name a specific person with whom they had regular contact; one participant said she only had regular contact with nurses and one participant said she had regular contact with no one. And I came back ’cos my family are here, and I wanted to get to know them again, and for my children to know them. Cowdell, Fiona This grandmother's got a life!’ (Other participants erupt in laughter) (MF, MxG). However, we went to significant lengths to ensure participants were familiar with interviewers before the interview. Older people can feel socially connected on one of these levels, but at the same time lack a sense of social connection on others. It's only my sons, no one else I know. Characteristics of group interview participants. This included emphasising the importance of friendships, which signalled freely formed relationships and potentially lessened their reliance on family (Kohli et al., Reference Kohli, Hank and Künemund2009; Shin, Reference Shin2014). While some participants felt especially ‘emotionally close’ (EF03) to some members of their family and enjoyed their company, the fundamental thing that made these interactions positive was whether they perceived a mutually reciprocated desire to spend time together. Scholars have begun to highlight the way social connection is experienced differently across genders and cultures (Townsend and McWhirter, Reference Townsend and McWhirter2005). for this article. Friendships were also celebrated, even in their absence, for their ability to enable further social interaction and access to other social spaces: I have no one. By that I can only see from one eye, and my children always say oh you're only one-eyed anyway, you know. And I've been to see them, but you know, they weren't coming to my place and I thought oh that's funny, so I go out of my way to see them. These are all about the meaning of the relationship for the older person. All authors helped with the conceptualisation of the project, the analysis of the data and editing of the manuscript. For the purposes of this review, social connectedness is considered ‘an opposite of loneliness, a subjective evaluation of the extent to which one has meaningful, close, and constructive relationships with others (i.e., individuals, groups, and society)’ (O'Rourke and Sidani, Reference O'Rourke and Sidani2017). In addition to the substantial similarities across participants, we also found important differences. A romantic relationship is the closest form of social connectedness for many people. The whole team together read transcripts to identify both latent and descriptive themes (Braun and Clarke, Reference Braun and Clarke2006), looking for both similarities and differences across the transcripts as well as the coherence and context within each transcript (Maxwell and Chmiel, Reference Maxwell, Chmiel and Flick2014) and using NVivo 11 to support data analysis. By contrast, a few participants described themselves as always being ‘loners’, yet on closer inspection of their narratives this often seemed to be both complicated and to be temporary rather than a life-long persona. And besides, there is no single Korean person living around this neighbourhood. 940 N.E. This is outlined in a 92-year-old female participant's account of her relationship with her son, which bolstered her enduring identity as a mother and a home-maker: One son, the one that's not married, he comes every Wednesday night for dinner. 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