a social anxiety disorder. 

 posttraumatic stress disorder.

a generalised anxiety disorder.

 a panic disorder.

sensory decline correlates with a decline in some cognitive abilities but not in others.

sensory decline correlates significantly with cognitive changes, but the size of the correlation is small.

 no correlation has been found between sensory abilities and cognitive functioning.

a significant positive correlation has been found between sensory abilities and cognitive functioning.

Aloneness can hurt; loneliness may heal.

Aloneness is a sign of emptiness; loneliness is a sign of a need to engage with others.

Loneliness is the pain of being alone; aloneness is the joy of being alone.

Loneliness is a preferred condition; aloneness is a distressing and painful emotional state.

if support is not returned, the exchange of support remains stable.

younger adults seem to experience an imbalance in instrumental support given and received.

the capacity to provide instrumental support may decline in old age, while the capacity to provide emotional support remains relatively unaffected.

reciprocity is not a factor in the continuation of a relationship.

a self-fulfilling prophecy.

introversion.

 an internal locus of control.

an external locus of control.

they can adjust to difficult and traumatic life experiences.  

 one is in control of one’s external life. 

one determines one’s own behaviour and future.

 chance factors determine one’s life. 

self-stereotype

self-efficacy

self-less

self-fulfilling prophecy

self-actualisation; no

ego identity; no

despair; higher

ego integrity; lower

emotional; social, psychological, and biological

social; psychological, biological and chronological

functional; psychological, biological, and social

 psychological; social and biological, and chronological

medical death.

clinical death.

 thanatology.

death and dying.