Adrian Landwehr, Laura Pollack, Svenja Schütt, Elisabeth Kals
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Loneliness affects many older adults.As part of the "Telephone Angel" project, telephone partnerships between volunteers and older adults affected by loneliness were designed to counteract experiencing loneliness. Volunteers (100 ≤ N ≤ 114) and older adults who are (22 ≤ N ≤ 45) and who are not (25 ≤ N ≤ 71) part of the project were surveyed twice. Concerning loneliness, telephone partnerships increased the sense of community (d = .38). Older adults' life satisfaction increased (d = .46) as well. Stigmatization increased between the survey periods for those inside and outside the project (.21 ≤ d ≤ .35)..
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