What is the effect of loneliness on health?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Long periods of loneliness result in hyperstimulation of physical defense systems. These include cancer, atherosclerosis and the first line “defense” systems. That means lonely individuals are more susceptible to development of physical problems.
Learning Objective: 5
Cognitive Domain: Synthesis
Answer Location: p. 154, Loneliness
Difficulty Level: Difficult
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