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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Social Behavior > Social Isolation
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Social Isolation

Preferred term

Social Isolation  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Isolation, Social

Note

  • human & animal; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Scope note

  • The separation of individuals or groups resulting in the lack of or minimizing of social contact and/or communication. This separation may be accomplished by physical separation, by social barriers and by psychological mechanisms. In the latter, there may be interaction but no real communication.

History note

  • 69; was ISOLATION, SOCIAL 1968

In other languages

  • sosiaalinen eristäytyminen

    Finnish

  • sosiaalinen eristyminen
  • sosiaalinen eristys
  • sosiaalinen eristäminen
  • yhteiskunnallinen eristyminen
  • yhteiskunnallinen eristys
  • yhteiskunnallinen eristäminen
  • yhteiskunnallinen eristäytyminen
  • Social isolering

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012934

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