Loneliness
Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
By John T. Cacioppo; William Patrick
(W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393335286, 317pp.)
Publication Date: August 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD
Categories: Interpersonal Relations, Interpersonal Relations, Social Psychology
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Description
University of Chicago social neuroscientist John T. Cacioppo unveils his pioneering research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our thinking abilities and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. A blend of biological and social science, this book demonstrates that, as individuals and as a society, we have everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or how poorly we manage our need for social bonds.
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