Curriculum Vitae
Nederlands / English
Prof. dr Jenny Gierveld
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Adjunct Professor in the
Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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Professor Emeritus, Department
of Sociology and Social Gerontology, Vrije Universiteit,
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Honorary
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Member of the
Work address:
Netherlands Interdisciplinary
Demographic Institute (NIDI),
Visiting address:
Lange Houtstraat 19
2511 CV The Hague, the
Postal address:
2502 AR The Hague, the
tel 0031 70-3565200
fax 0031 70-3647187
e-mail: gierveld@nidi.nl
Current specialisation: (a) work on loneliness, and (b) the demographic and social aspects of ageing.
Current research: empirical research in the area of living arrangements, social
networks, family ties, quality of the partner relationship, well-being and
loneliness among older adults. The Nestor/ LASA panel survey and the
Netherlands Kinship Panel Survey form the main basis for in-depth
investigations of the position of older adults in the
Other current functions:
· Advisor to the European research program Multilinks
· Advisor to the Coalition ‘Erbij’; concerted actions of 14 Dutch National volunteer organizations to alleviate and prevent loneliness
Track
record: Jenny Gierveld
started studying Sociology at the Vrije Universiteit in
Furthermore, she has published in the areas of social research methodology, including books and articles about survey research design, questionnaire development, and the measurement of theoretical concepts.
Loneliness scale:
In cooperation with her students, she
developed the De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale,
which is used in empirical research among younger, middle-aged and older
adults. The scale is now used in major surveys in more than twenty countries
all over the world, ranging from the countries in Western, Southern and Eastern
Europe to
See for a program overview J. de Jong
Gierveld (1989). 'Program Overview: Personal
relationships, social support and loneliness.' Journal of Social and
Personal Relationships, 6, 197-221 and for the theoretical background of
loneliness: J. de Jong Gierveld, T. Van Tilburg &
P. A. Dykstra (2006), Loneliness and social isolation. In A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds),
The scale is available for scientific
research programs, under the following conditions: the source of the scale
should be mentioned, i.e. De Jong Gierveld & Kamphuis (1985), 'The development of a Rasch-type
loneliness scale.' Applied Psychological Measurement, 9, 3, 289-299 as
well as the background publication: J. de Jong Gierveld,
T. Van Tilburg & P. A. Dykstra (2006), Loneliness and social isolation. In
A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds),
Recently, a short version of the loneliness scale has been developed and tested. See: J. de Jong Gierveld & T. Van Tilburg (2006). A six-item scale for overall, emotional and social loneliness: Confirmatory tests on survey data. Research on Aging: A bimonthly on Aging and the Life Course, 28, 582-598. This 6-item loneliness scale is meant for large-scale surveys.
The manual of the De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale is available via:
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/tg.van.tilburg/manual_loneliness_scale_1999.html
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June 2010