The Handbook of Solitude

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Psychological Perspectives on Social Isolation, Social Withdrawal, and Being Alone

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The Handbook of Solitude is a comprehensive reference work that delves into the psychological research surrounding the concept of solitude. It explores a variety of perspectives, including developmental, neuropsychological, social, personality, and clinical psychology. The book examines solitude across different life stages and contexts such as natural environments, college life, relationships, meditation, and digital spaces. Featuring contributions from leading international experts, it covers theoretical concepts, empirical studies, and clinical applications.
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This book is ideal for students, researchers, and professionals in psychology and related fields who seek an in-depth understanding of solitude from multiple psychological perspectives.

The study of solitude cuts across virtually all subdisciplines of psychology and has been explored from multiple and diverse theoretical perspectives across the lifespan. This handbook provides psychology students, researchers, and faculty the first comprehensive compilation of research related to the construct of solitude.

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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 delves deeply into these areas, making it an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the multifaceted nature of solitude.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118427361

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Robert J. Coplan
Edited by Julie C. Bowker

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 179.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 1098g

Pages: 608

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology

About the Author

Robert J. Coplan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University and Director of the Pickering Centre for Research in Human Development. Dr. Coplan is co-editor of The Development of Shyness and Social Withdrawal (2010), and Social Development in Childhood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader (2011), and a former editor of the journal, Social Development. Julie C. Bowker is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Her research program focuses on the roles that close interpersonal relationships play in socio-emotional development and psychopathology during late childhood and early adolescence.