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Professional Resource Center
<<Back Loneliness is a human emotion that everyone experiences. Whether it’s a child who feels shunned because they haven’t been included in a game, or the acute and unrelenting pain associated with the death of a spouse, a parent, or close friend; episodic loneliness that is linked to specific situations is a normal part of life that we all must learn to deal with and accept. But people who are Lonely with a capital “L” experience a chronic sense of social isolation, social disconnection, and social exclusion as an underlying reality of life, regardless of their objective circumstances; e.g., being lonely in a crowd, or with family and friends. Loneliness can be particularly problemmatic in marriages and parent-child relationships where one person is Lonely and the other isn't. University of Chicago psychologist John Cacioppo’s research shows that over 20 percent of the general population suffers from chronic feelings of Loneliness and social isolation. The Breckenridge Loneliness Report™ (BLR™) uses the UCLA Loneliness Scale (developed by Dan Russell) to measure your level of Loneliness with high reliability and validity. The BLR™ also describes a framework developed by the Breckenridge Institute® that will help you recognize the effects that Loneliness can have on your key relationships, and concrete solutions for what you can do about it. Applications The Breckenridge Loneliness Report™ (BLR™) allows you to identify underlying patterns of behavior and cognition that frustrate and undermine healthy relationships with friends and family members. The BLR™ can be used for the applications listed below.
For more information on how the Breckenridge Institute® can help you or your organization e-mail us at info@breckenridgeinstitute.com. The BLR™ is also used as part of the Breckenridge Loneliness Project™.
Personality in Context®
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