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Poczucie osamotnienia a przystosowanie społeczne
Feeling of isolation and the level of social adaptation

Author(s): Jacek Śliwak, Urszula Reizer, Józef Partyka
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Education, Communication studies, Social differentiation, Migration Studies, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: feeling of isolation; social adaptation;

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary world poses to people new challenges. The dynamic development of new technologies and social changes brings risk of isolation of men and women. It also requires from the people the ability to adapt to new situations. This article focuses on the problem of correlation between the feeling of isolation and the level of social adaptation. The reflection on both phenomena may contribute to better understanding, explanation, and counteraction against negative effects of the problem. The results of the research show a clear correlation between both factors mentioned above. All of the relevant correlations are negative. This means that people who have high level of feeling of isolation have lower level of social adaptation. This signifies that a higher level of feeling of isolation goes hand in hand with poorer levels of social adaptation. The analysis of interrelatedness on the subgroup level individualized on the sex criterion shows that women have significantly more connections between variables mentioned above than men.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1 (12)
  • Page Range: 61-78
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish