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Pratiwi, Diani, Tina Hayati Dahlan, and Lira Fessia Damaianti. "PENGARUH SELF-COMPASSION TERHADAP KESEPIAN PADA MAHASISWA RANTAU." JURNAL PSIKOLOGI INSIGHT 3, no. 2 (2019): 88–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/insight.v3i2.22349.
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This study aimed to determine the effect of self-compassion on loneliness, of overseas student in University of Education Indonesia. The study used quantitative method with 260 participants. The research used instruments Indonesian Self-compassion Scale – Short Version (Oktyana, 2013) and UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 to measure loneliness adapted by Irsalina (2013) from Rusell (1996). This used simple regression to analyze the effect of Self Compassion to Lonelines. The result showed there were significant effect of self-compassion to loneliness with R square 0,096. The freshmen tend to lonelines, so the university must overcome their loneliness.
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Rokach, Ami, and Hasan Bacanli. "PERCEIVED CAUSES OF USES LONELINES: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 29, no. 2 (2001): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2001.29.2.169.
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Loneliness is a pervasive social problem which is experienced universally, regardless of one's race, gender, age or cultural background. This study examined the influences of cultural background on the perceptions of loneliness antecedents. In the present study, 711 Canadians, 568 Turks, and 398 Argentinians answered an 82-item questionnaire composed of five subscales, namely: Personal inadequacies, Developmental deficits, Unfulfilling intimate relationships, Relocation/significant separation, and Social Marginality. Participants were asked to endorse those items which, in their opinion, constituted the causes of their loneliness. Results revealed significant differences among the three cultures. Canadians had the highest mean scores on all subscales, while the Turkish participants had the lowest mean scores on Personal inadequacies and Developmental deficits. Gender differences also were examined within, and between, cultures.
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Rafifah, Jihan, and Effy Wardati Maryam. "LONELINES, INTERPERSONAL TRUST AND AFFILIATION NEEDS IN EARLY ADULTH USERS OF THE BUMBLE APP." Proceeding of International Conference on Social Science and Humanity 2, no. 3 (2025): 301–11. https://doi.org/10.61796/icossh.v2i3.149.
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Objective: This study aims to examine the relationship between loneliness, interpersonal trust, and the need for affiliation among early adults using the Bumble dating application. Method: Employing a quantitative correlational design, data were collected from users through standardized psychological scales measuring loneliness, interpersonal trust, and affiliation needs. Results: The analysis revealed a significant positive relationship between loneliness and affiliation needs, suggesting that individuals experiencing higher levels of loneliness are more driven to establish social connections. Interpersonal trust was also found to be positively related to affiliation needs, although the strength of this relationship was weaker compared to loneliness. Novelty: This study offers a contemporary perspective by contextualizing the psychological dynamics of loneliness and trust within the digital environment of online dating, specifically the Bumble app. The findings contribute to the growing body of literature on digital-era social behavior and highlight the need for targeted interventions to enhance psychological well-being through the facilitation of meaningful online social interactions.
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Marcoen, Alfons, Luc Goossens, and Paul Caes. "Lonelines in pre-through late adolescence: Exploring the contributions of a multidimensional approach." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 16, no. 6 (1987): 561–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02138821.
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Bondarchuk, Olena, Valentyna Balakhtar, Nataliia Pinchuk, Ivan Pustovalov, and Kateryna Pavlenok. "Adaptation of Coping Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Stress and Lonelines on the Psychological Well-Being of Adults." Journal of Law and Sustainable Development 11, no. 10 (2023): e1852. http://dx.doi.org/10.55908/sdgs.v11i10.1852.
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Objective: This comprehensive review investigates the intricacies of coping strategies employed by adults when dealing with stress. It delves into the multifaceted aspects of stress perception, exploring how individuals assess stressors as either threats or demands, and subsequently, how they react to them.
 
 Methods: To provide a well-rounded perspective, this review conducted an extensive search of relevant studies from the DOAJ and EBSCOhost databases, focusing on publications from the past decade. The analysis encompasses various facets of stress, including its perception, coping strategies, and the methods used to mitigate its effects.
 
 Results: Stress is a highly subjective experience, and its impact varies greatly among individuals. Some individuals perceive stressors as threats, leading to severe consequences, while others view them as challenges that can provoke positive emotional responses. Coping behaviors often stem from learned patterns, influenced by familial and past traumatic experiences. Recognizing and understanding predominant reactions to stress is pivotal in the development of effective coping strategies. Among the most successful coping mechanisms are those centered on problem-solving and seeking social support. Additionally, emotion regulation-oriented coping strategies enable individuals to manage their emotional responses to stressors. Conversely, non-adaptive coping strategies may provide temporary relief but often fail to address the root causes of stress.
 
 Conclusions: This review underscores the significance of coping strategies in the context of stress management among adults. Solution-oriented strategies, including active problem-solving and seeking social support, emerge as valuable tools for individuals in their efforts to cope with stress. It is essential to recognize that adults have the capacity to choose coping strategies that can effectively mitigate the adverse effects of stress. By comprehending and promoting these strategies, individuals can enhance their stress management skills, leading to improved mental health outcomes and overall well-being.
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Vaseiko, Yuliia, Nataliia Kasianchuk, and Andrii Moklytsia. "The author's specifics of the interpretation of the concepts «sadness» and «loneliness» in the novel «Loneliness on the Net» by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski." Volyn Philological: Text and Context 33-2022 (June 28, 2022): 223–36. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7088933.
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The 21st century in Polish literature is associated with the spread of postmodernism. To express their views on the world, to reflect the past and present and to describe the future, writers turn to different genres and synthesize them. Social, psychological, intellectual, melodramatic, female novels are becoming extremely popular. It is this genre that helps the modern writer to touch on both traditional topics (love, confrontation of good and evil) and new ones, which for years have been banned by the authorities, human ethical norms (sex, homosexual relationships). Modern Polish novels are represented by a number of prominent authors, among them is Janusz Leon Wiśniewski and his novel «Loneliness on the Net». Readers are fascinated by the subtle psychology of the work, the author's focus on the study of human mental organization of the person. The aim of the article is to analyze the specifics of Janusz Leon Wiśniewski’s interpretation of the concepts of «sadness» and «loneliness» in his novel «Loneliness on the Net». Achieving this goal involves appealing to the methodology of conceptual analysis. The conceptual levels of the semantic structure of the novel «Loneliness on the Net» have been analyzed in the article. The semantic potential of which is most fully realized by a system of key concepts, signs that form the basic segments of individual-authorial picture of Wiśniewski’s world. It was found that among a large number of concepts, the writer chooses those that, in his opinion, have more value, and as such he considers feelings of love, suffering, envy, sadness, loneliness, etc. The source of the main subject-logical and emotionallyexpressive information chains are the concepts of «sadness» and «loneliness». In the text of the novel «Loneliness on the Net» a powerful functional load in the expression of the emotional state of the characters performs the concept of «smutek» («sadness»), which in the author's interpretation is associated with both negative and positive emotions. The feeling of sadness in the text is inevitably connected with loneliness, to which the artist attaches great conceptual significance. The lexeme samotność («loneliness») in the title of the work, for Janusz Leon Wiśniewski has a negative connotation, because it is equated with suffering, grief, loss, spiritual emptiness, which appears as «an asthma attack» and causes depression, but also positive – is a resource of harmony. An analysis of the semantic content of these concepts, their functional load, allows us to conclude that the Polish writer combines «sadness» and «loneliness» in emotional integrity with ambivalent character and shows the determining role in modern life in general and his world in particular.
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Rodríguez, Marco Fernando, Alexandra del Pilar Freire Patiño, Olga Cristina Oñate Quinatoa, Sofía Germania Escobar Peñafiel, and Marco Marcelo Moreno Guerra. "El impacto del abandono en la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores de la parroquia Juan Benigno Vela. Un estudio sobre sus dimensiones físicas, emocionales y sociales." Ciencia Latina Revista Científica Multidisciplinar 8, no. 6 (2025): 11148–72. https://doi.org/10.37811/cl_rcm.v8i6.15844.
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La mayoría de adultos mayores no se consideran seres funcionales dentro del núcleo familiar y de la sociedad, ya sea por su disminución en capacidades físicas, emocionales o sociales. A partir de estudios bibliográficos y la aplicación de 352 encuestas a adultos mayores (AM) con preguntas elaboradas a partir de la escala de UCLA-Lonelines Scale, sumando los aspectos recogidos en fichas de observación a 15 AM de una población de 750 adultos mayores que viven en la parroquia Juan Benigno Vela, con un enfoque mixto de tipo exploratorio – descriptivo. El presente estudio determina el impacto físico, emocional y social que presentan los adultos mayores en abandono de la parroquia Juan Benigno Vela. Por lo que ha surgido la pregunta de investigación ¿Cómo el abandono incide en la calidad de vida de los adultos mayores de la parroquia Juan Benigno Vela del Cantón Ambato? Obteniendo como resultado que se determinó la existencia de abandono en los adultos mayores de la parroquia. Concluyendo que se diagnosticó la presencia de abandono sumada por un 96 % reconocida por los adultos mayores, lo cual provoca afectación en la calidad de vida al no existir responsabilidad familiar ya que se excusan en la lejanía o falta de dinero, lo cual provoca que los AM tengan consecuencias físicas como dolores, falta de aseso e higiene, psicológicas como estrés, ansiedad o depresión; y sociales en donde buscan tratar de acercarse a su comunidad pese a no tener confianza en el mismo.
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Qualter, Pamela, Alexandra Hennessey, Keming Yang, Kayleigh L. Chester, Ellen Klemera, and Fiona Brooks. "Prevalence and Social Inequality in Youth Loneliness in the UK." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 19 (2021): 10420. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910420.
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Using data from the English arm of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, we examined the prevalence of loneliness for school-aged adolescents and how it is linked to social inequalities. The HBSC study collects data from 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds, and is repeated every four years, allowing the exploration of prevalence rates of loneliness pre COVID-19 pandemic for comparison. We also explored whether loneliness was associated with socio-economic status (SES) and linked to academic attainment and health complaints. The total sample was 14,077 from 156 schools in England. Findings revealed a stable prevalence rate of 8.2% for loneliness from 2006 to 2014. We also found, across all survey years, (1) those aged 15 years were significantly lonelier than younger peers, (2) those who reported lower SES were lonelier than their more well-off peers, and (3) higher loneliness was associated with being ‘”below average” academically and reporting more health complaints. Conclusions: These prevalence data enable researchers, policymakers, and others to make comparisons with prevalence rates during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore whether there have been increases in loneliness among school-aged adolescents. Loneliness was consistently related to social inequalities, suggesting that targeted interventions that include whole systems changes are needed.
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Fardghassemi, Sam, and Hélène Joffe. "The causes of loneliness: The perspective of young adults in London’s most deprived areas." PLOS ONE 17, no. 4 (2022): e0264638. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264638.
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Young adults are currently the loneliest demographic in the UK and other Western countries, yet little is known about how they see the causes of their loneliness. Thus, the objective of this study is to explore the subjective causes of loneliness among young adults (18–24 years old), particularly those of lower socio-economic status (SES) who are in employment, renting and living in the most deprived areas, since they are the loneliest in the UK. Utilising a free association technique and thematic analysis, and embedded in a phenomenological framework, the subjective causes of loneliness in a matched sample of 48 young adults in the four most deprived boroughs of London are found to cluster around five themes: The Feeling of Being Disconnected, Contemporary Culture, Pressure, Social Comparison and Transitions Between Life Stages. Disconnection arises from feeling one does not matter, is not understood or is unable to express oneself. Challenges pertaining to social media and materialism in contemporary culture contribute to loneliness as does pressure associated with work, fitting in and social comparison. Social media play a major role in exacerbating these experiences. Finally, transitions between life stages such as breakups, loss of significant others and transitory stages to do with education and employment are felt to cause loneliness. The findings suggest potential avenues for loneliness reduction.
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Rataj, Alison, Andrew Alberth, Yan-Jhu Su, Elisabeth Stam, and Jeffrey Stokes. "THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LONELINESS AND CHILDLESSNESS IN MIDDLE TO LATE LIFE: DOES FRIENDSHIP AND GENDER PLAY A ROLE?" Innovation in Aging 8, Supplement_1 (2024): 600. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.1964.
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Abstract Objective Loneliness is a risk factor for negative health outcomes; however, little attention has been paid to the role of parental status as a contributor to loneliness in later life. Limited research has explored how this association may vary based on levels of friend support, friend strain, and gender. This study addresses these gaps by exploring whether those who are childless, have less friend support or friend strain, and are female are at a higher risk of loneliness. Methods This cross-sectional study used pooled data from 11,900 older adults 50 years and older from the 2016 and 2018 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Loneliness was assessed across parental status groups, friendship support and friendship strain scales, and gender using ordinary least squares regression. Multiple imputation was conducted to address missing data. Results Those who did not have children (n=1,444, 13.0%) were substantially lonelier than those with children in adjusted models. Friend support was associated with reduced loneliness, particularly for childless adults when compared to parents. Midlife and older men were lonelier than women overall, and interaction effects show that childlessness played a larger role in shaping loneliness among women than men. Loneliness did not differ across levels of friendship strain. Discussion Parental status and gender are intertwined concerning their effects on loneliness. With the changing demographics of “family”, future research should identify specific categories of parental status (i.e., did not want children, blended families) and how the mechanics of friend support (i.e., how much, what types) impact loneliness.
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Fagundes, Christopher. "SMARTPHONES CAPTURE DYNAMICS OF DEMENTIA SPOUSAL CAREGIVER INTERACTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MHEALTH." Innovation in Aging 8, Supplement_1 (2024): 434. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.1411.
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Abstract Dementia spousal caregivers experience higher levels of loneliness than age-match comparisons. Lonelier dementia spousal caregivers report more depression and less life satisfaction; people with dementia who have lonelier spousal caregivers report lower life satisfaction and more depression than those cared for by less lonely spousal caregivers; however, caregivers are unaffected by the degree of loneliness experienced by their spouse with dementia. Interventions designed to address loneliness in caregivers could improve life satisfaction for both dyad members. Unfortunately, little is known about the patterns and temporal dynamics of loneliness in caregivers and how context, interpersonal, and intrapersonal processes buffer or exacerbate experiences of loneliness. This lack of knowledge hampers our ability to intervene; for example, despite the enthusiasm for mHealth technology to deliver just-in-time, adaptive interventions, our gaps in understanding loneliness dynamics thwart empirically informed intervention development. In this presentation, we will present data to fill this gap in the literature using smartphones to capture loneliness dynamics in caregivers and elucidate how these dynamics impact dyads across a 14-day ecological momentary assessment protocol. We will present data on how caregivers’ sense of relational security impacts loneliness and life satisfaction after dyadic interactions. For example, caregivers’ sense of relational security determined whether performing caregiving tasks involving dyadic interactions increased or decreased subsequent loneliness (b=.01, SE=.02, p<.05). We conclude by discussing ways in which smartphones can be used to capture momentary patterns of mood and behavior, and how this data could inform mHealth interventions to improve the lives of both dyad members.
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McOwat, Kelsey, Snehal M. Pinto Pereira, Manjula D. Nugawela, et al. "The CLoCk study: A retrospective exploration of loneliness in children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic, in England." PLOS ONE 18, no. 11 (2023): e0294165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294165.
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Background During the COVID-19 pandemic children and young people (CYP) were socially restricted during a stage of life crucial to development, potentially putting an already vulnerable population at higher risk of loneliness, social isolation, and poorer wellbeing. The objectives of this study are to conduct an exploratory analysis into loneliness before and during the pandemic, and determine which self-reported factors are associated with loneliness. Methods and findings Participants from The Children with Long COVID (CLoCk) national study were invited to take part via an online survey, with a total of 31,017 participants taking part, 31,016 of which reported on their experience of loneliness. Participants retrospectively answered questions on demographics, lifestyle, physical health and mental health and loneliness before the pandemic and at the time of answering the survey. Before the pandemic 6.5% (2,006/31,016) of participants reported experiencing loneliness “Often/Always” and at the time of survey completion 17.4% (5,395/31,016) reported feeling lonelier. There was an association between meeting the research definition of long COVID and loneliness [3.49 OR, 95%CI 3.28–3.72]. CYP who reported feeling lonelier at the time of the survey than before the pandemic were assigned female at birth, older CYP, those from Black/African/Caribbean/Black British or other ethnicity groups, those that had 3–4 siblings and lived in more deprived areas. Conclusions We demonstrate associations between multiple factors and experiences of loneliness during the pandemic. There is a need for a multi-faceted integrated approach when developing interventions targeted at loneliness. It is important to follow up the CYP involved at regular intervals to investigate the progression of their experience of loneliness over time.
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Lippke, Sonia. "Predictors for Loneliness Perceived by the Interviewer or the Individual: Findings from Limited Disability Pensioners and Medical Rehabilitation Patients." Acta de Investigación Psicológica 10, no. 1 (2020): 114–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2020.1.338.
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Loneliness can be seen as indicator of social participation which is a major concern of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Temporary disability pensioners and medical rehabilitants are persons with disabilities, whose rights should be empowered. Moreover, loneliness is a major burden for the individual and finding ways to overcome loneliness are accordingly required. Previous research has shown that different socio-demographic characteristics, life-satisfaction and social support interrelate with loneliness. The aim of the present study was to replicate findings with two computer-assisted telephone interview studies with individuals insured with a local pension fund. While study 1 recruited N = 453 disability pensioners (mean age=50.4 years, 53.5 % female) and assessed their loneliness with the typical self-report measured by directly asking, study 2 recruited N = 1,044 patients in a medical rehabilitation (mean age=49.5 years, 36 % female) and used the reports of their interviewers without asking the study participants directly about their loneliness. In both studies, more life-satisfaction was significantly associated with less loneliness (beta=-.41 and -.23). However, only in the interviewer-rated study, higher social support was related to less loneliness (beta=-.16). Sex differences were found in the interviewer-rated study (women were rated as lonelier, beta=.11), while an interrelation with age was only found if self-reports were used in terms of younger disability pensioners reported more loneliness (beta=-.24). The findings open options for counseling to also improve self-reported life-satisfaction. While interviewers rate female interviewees as lonelier than men, interventions should not forget about men as they report equal loneliness if controlled for other variables. The results replicate that health and life-satisfaction are imperative and addressable to decrease loneliness. This should be researched further and used for interventions.
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Bound Alberti, Fay. "This “Modern Epidemic”: Loneliness as an Emotion Cluster and a Neglected Subject in the History of Emotions." Emotion Review 10, no. 3 (2018): 242–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1754073918768876.
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Loneliness is one of the most neglected aspects of emotion history, despite claims that the 21st century is the loneliest ever. This article argues against the widespread belief that modern-day loneliness is inevitable, negative, and universal. Looking at its language and etymology, it suggests that loneliness needs to be understood firstly as an “emotion cluster” composed of a variety of affective states, and secondly as a relatively recent invention, dating from around 1800. Loneliness can be positive, and as much a part of the body as the mind. Using a longue durée approach, I argue that we cannot understand loneliness as a “modern epidemic” without considering its history, its meanings, its practice, and its links with the body.
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Tonković, Željka, Dražen Cepić, and Ivan Puzek. "Loneliness and Social Networks in Europe." Revija za sociologiju 51, no. 3 (2021): 381–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.5613/rzs.51.3.3.
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The paper analyses social causes of loneliness in Europe using cross-national data from the 2017 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) module “Social Networks and Social Resources” from 13 countries categorised as Northern Europe, Continental Europe, and Central and Eastern Europe. The paper aims to examine loneliness with regard to three specific groups of predictors, related to network, sociocultural and sociostructural aspects. The results suggest that sociability patterns and personal networks are the most important predictors of loneliness. While the frequency of contacts with family members and close friends and the overall number of contacts showed significance, loneliness was primarily related to the quality of personal relationships. Considering sociocultural factors, the obtained findings showed that social trust is consistently associated with lower levels of loneliness. Furthermore, people from Continental Europe were, in general, less lonely than North and East Europeans. Age was an important factor here as respondents from younger age groups were lonelier in Nordic countries than in the other two blocs of countries, while older respondents were lonelier in Central and East European countries. Finally, sociostructural indicators in general showed less predictive value compared to sociability patterns and sociocultural variables. However, when it came to socioeconomic exclusion, this aspect showed a stronger connection with loneliness for the individuals from the Nordic group of countries. The findings of this paper contribute to the vibrant field of contemporary scholarship on loneliness with a fresh perspective based on comparing three large blocs of European countries and an integrated approach to various predictors of loneliness.
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Hsieh, Ning, and Louise Hawkley. "Loneliness in the older adult marriage." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 35, no. 10 (2017): 1319–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407517712480.
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Marriage protects against loneliness, but not all marriages are equally protective. While marriage is a highly interdependent relationship, loneliness in marital dyads has received very little research attention. Unlike most studies proposing that positive and negative marital qualities independently affect loneliness at the individual level, we used a contextual approach to characterize each partner’s ratings of the marriage as supportive (high support, low strain), ambivalent (high support, high strain), indifferent (low support, low strain), or aversive (low support, high strain) and examined how these qualities associate with own and partner’s loneliness. Using couple data from the Wave II National Social Life, Health and Aging Project ( N = 953 couples), we found that more than half of the older adults live in an ambivalent, indifferent, or aversive marriage. Actor–partner interdependence models showed that positive and negative marital qualities synergistically predict couple loneliness. Spouses in aversive marriages are lonelier than their supportively married counterparts (actor effect), and that marital aversion increases the loneliness of their partners (partner effect). In addition, wives (but not husbands) in indifferent marriages are lonelier than their supportively married counterparts. These effects of poor marital quality on loneliness were not ameliorated by good relationships with friends and relatives. Results highlight the prominent role of the marriage relationship for imbuing a sense of connectedness among older adults and underscore the need for additional research to identify strategies to help older adults optimize their marital relationship.
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Gum, Amber M., Sharon Shiovitz-Ezra, and Liat Ayalon. "Longitudinal associations of hopelessness and loneliness in older adults: results from the US health and retirement study." International Psychogeriatrics 29, no. 9 (2017): 1451–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610217000904.
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ABSTRACTBackground:Hopelessness and loneliness are potent risk factors for poor mental and physical health in later life, although the nature of their relationships with each other over time is not clear. The aim of the current study was to examine relationships between hopelessness and loneliness over an eight-year study period.Methods:Three waves of data from the US Health and Retirement Study (2006, 2010, 2014) were used to test a cross-lagged model of hopelessness and loneliness (N= 7,831), which allows for the simultaneous evaluation of the reciprocal associations of loneliness and hopelessness. Age in 2006, gender, years of education, number of medical conditions, and depressive symptoms were included as covariates.Results:The autoregressive effects of loneliness (B(SE) = 0.63 (0.02),p< 0.001) and hopelessness (B(SE) = 0.63 (0.02),p< 0.001) were substantive and significant across the three waves, pointing to the stability of both constructs over the eight-year study period. The lagged effect of loneliness on hopelessness was non-significant (B(SE) = 0.05 (0.03),p= 0.16), whereas the lagged effect of hopelessness on loneliness was significant (B(SE) = 0.01 (0.01),p= 0.03). These lagged effects were not significantly different from each other, however, χ2(1) = 2.016,p= 0.156.Conclusions:Participants who were more hopeless tended to become lonelier four years later, but lonelier participants did not become more hopeless four years later. Findings are tentative given the small magnitude and lack of difference between the cross-lagged effects. Future directions include replicating these findings in different samples and time frames, examining potential mechanisms of relationships between hopelessness and loneliness, and potential intervention strategies that might improve both conditions.
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Vedder, Anneke, Jeffrey Stokes, Kathrin Boerner, et al. "THE LONG-TERM LONELINESS OF WIDOWHOOD: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF MARITAL STATUS DIFFERENCES." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (2022): 346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.1370.
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Abstract Loneliness can be prominent in bereavement, possibly leading to compromised mental and physical health. We systematically reviewed the extent of loneliness across marital status groups, examining the prevalence, intensity, risk factors, and correlates of loneliness in widowhood, compared to other marital statuses. Studies that met predefined criteria as well as investigated marital status (comparisons) were included in the review. For reporting, we followed the PRISMA statement. Thirty-eight studies were included. Widowhood was associated with a greater likelihood and intensity of loneliness when compared to other marital statuses, and especially the divorced. Widowers were on average lonelier than widows. Findings suggest that , widowed persons are uniquely vulnerable to loneliness, and that, in the long-term, loneliness may be more pronounced among the widowed than the divorced. However, methodological shortcomings (e.g., heterogenous samples, different measures of loneliness) of available studies must be considered, and future research should aim to overcome these limitations.
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Moore, Jenna M., William P. Archuleta, Jessica H. Helphrey, et al. "LONELINESS AND HYPOCHONDRIASIS AMONG OLDER ADULTS: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY AND ANXIETY." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (2019): S531—S532. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1954.
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Abstract Loneliness is prevalent among older adults and is associated with adverse outcomes for health and mortality. Additionally, researchers have suggested that loneliness may cause a person to direct attention inward and become preoccupied with bodily symptoms which may subsequently lead to health anxiety. However, little extant research has examined the association among older adults. In this study, we proposed a loneliness model of hypochondriasis in which loneliness contributes to hypochondriasis through intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety. Healthy, community-dwelling older adults (N = 280; 64.4% female; age range: 65-95; M = 76.08, SD = 7.59) completed an interview survey. Loneliness was associated with higher hypochondriasis and had an indirect effect on hypochondriasis through intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety. Lonelier older adults may have an activated threat system which prompts greater intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety and thereby results in greater hypochondriasis.
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Ami, Rokach. "Loneliness and Culture: A Commentary." Archives of Psychiatry and Mental Health 8, no. 1 (2024): 028–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.29328/journal.apmh.1001053.
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Loneliness is thean experience that is intertwined inwith being human, but since it is so painful and troubling, all of us try to avoid it. It has short- and long-term negative consequences, including its influence on our life satisfaction, health, and mortality. Various causal factors were explored regarding loneliness, which is essentially a subjective experience. This commentary aims to highlight the contribution of culture, be it collectivistic or individualistic, to the development of loneliness. Since loneliness is correlated with the expectation of being with others and part of a community, research found that people in collectivistic cultures are lonelier than those in individualistic ones. Ethnicity also contributes to the development, and was thus reviewed. While it beingis an essential part of being human, loneliness can, indeed, be attenuated and its pain lessened, and culture may predict ways of doing so.
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Nazzal, Filasteen I., Orlanda Cruz, and Félix Neto. "Psychological predictors of loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank." Transcultural Psychiatry 57, no. 5 (2019): 688–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461519857298.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive role of life satisfaction, perceived social support, and psychological problems on loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank. Participants were 254 volunteer undergraduate students (50.4% males and 49.6% females), ranging from 18 to 26 years of age. Data was collected using the Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Psychological Problems Scale and a Demographic Information Form. There was a significant gender bias towards loneliness, male students being lonelier than female students. Results showed that students who had higher loneliness, felt less satisfied with their life and perceived less support from friends, family and significant others. Furthermore, students who had high loneliness also presented more psychological problems. These results also indicated that, after accounting for psychological problems, life satisfaction, and social support from friends and significant others are negative predictors of loneliness. These findings suggest that universities should create strategies to improve well-being and social support to protect students from the negative effects of loneliness.
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le Roux, Anda. "The Relationship between Loneliness and the Christian Faith." South African Journal of Psychology 28, no. 3 (1998): 174–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/008124639802800308.
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The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between loneliness and the Christian faith. Questionnaires were completed by a sample of 100 third-year psychology students at the University of the Orange Free State. The results reflect a highly significant negative relationship between loneliness and the Christian faith. This may imply that the lonelier the student is, the weaker his faith is in Jesus as the Redeemer, and vice versa. These findings support the views held by many authors who maintain that the deepest cause of loneliness may be sought in the individual's religious uprootment and severance of their vertical relationship with God.
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Roberts, Clare M., and Diane Quayle. "Loneliness in children: Behavioural, interpersonal and cognitive correlates." Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist 18, no. 1 (2001): 9–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0816512200028261.
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AbstractThis study investigated the associations that three behavioural patterns, peer acceptance and rejection, friendships, and self-depreciating attributions have with children’s reports of loneliness at school. Data were collected from 214 children who were 11- to 12-years-old. Classmates provided peer perceptions of prosocial, aggressive, and withdrawn behaviour and rated sociometric status. Children themselves provided data on mutual friendships, feelings of loneliness, and attributions for social success ond failure. Regression analyses indicated that withdrawn behaviour and lack of friends were significant predictors of loneliness. Rejected children were significantly more withdrawn, less cooperative, and lonelier than were other groups of children. Internal, stable attributions for social failure were associated with more loneliness at school. However, no significant associations were found between reports of loneliness and attribution patterns for social success. Intervention for socially rejected children may be specifically warranted when the child shows withdrawn behaviour.
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Wright, Matthew R., Anna M. Hammersmith, Susan L. Brown, and I.-Fen Lin. "The Roles of Marital Dissolution and Subsequent Repartnering on Loneliness in Later Life." Journals of Gerontology: Series B 75, no. 8 (2019): 1796–807. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz121.
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Abstract Objectives Loneliness in later life is associated with poorer health and higher risk of mortality. Our study assesses whether gray divorced adults report higher levels of loneliness than the widowed and whether social support or repartnership offset loneliness. Method Using data from the 2010 and 2012 Health and Retirement Study, we estimated ordinary least squares regression models for women (n = 2,362) and men (n = 1,127) to examine differences in loneliness by dissolution pathway (i.e., divorce versus widowhood), accounting for social support and repartnership. Results Divorced men were lonelier than their widowed counterparts. Although social support reduced loneliness among men, the difference between the divorced and widowed persisted. Repartnership assuaged men’s loneliness and reduced the variation between divorced and widowed men. Among women, the results did not reveal differences in loneliness for the divorced and widowed although social support and repartnership linked to less loneliness. Discussion Later-life marital dissolutions increasingly occur through divorce rather than spousal death. Some older adults go on to form new partnerships. Our findings demonstrate the importance of gerontological research widening the lens beyond widowhood to consider the ramifications of later-life divorce and repartnership for well-being.
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Fenia, Selvi Zola, and Krisnova Nastasia. "Hubungan Antara Loneliness Dengan Fear Of MissingOut Pada Remaja Yang Menggunakan Instagram Di SMA Pertiwi 1 Kota Padang." Jurnal Ekonomika Dan Bisnis (JEBS) 2, no. 1 (2022): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.47233/jebs.v2i1.65.
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an influence between loneliness (loneliness) and fear of missing out among teenage students who use Instagram at SMA Pertiwi 1 Kota Padang. The variables in this study consisted of two variables, namely the loneliness tool and the fear of missing out. The research method used in this research is quantitative research methods. The measuring instrument used is a Likert scale questionnaire based on the loneliness scale and the fear of missing out scale. The sampling technique used is random sampling, with a total of 90 people, namely teenage students who use Instagram in high school. Pertiwi 1 Padang City The results of the study found that 16% of the loneliess level was low and 70% was moderate, meanwhile 17% of the teenage students had a high level ofloneliness.
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Kayser, Jay, and Jacqui Smith. "Loneliness Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Associations with Chronic Illnesses and Relationship Quality." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (2021): 739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.2747.
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Abstract While self-reported loneliness generally declines after age 65, the likelihood of experiencing chronic illnesses increases. During the Covid-19 pandemic, social isolation measures have changed the social context of many people. We address three research questions: 1) What is the predictive strength of chronic illnesses, relationship quality, and their interaction on loneliness? 2) Has Covid-19 altered experienced loneliness relative to pre-pandemic? 3) Was loneliness during Covid-19 associated with the number of prior chronic illnesses in 2016? To answer these questions, we have analyzed data from participants in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) included in the early 2020 release who also completed the 2016 wave (N = 1106). On average, in 2016, these participants were age 74.64 (SD = 6.66) and reported 2.57 (SD = 1.39) chronic illnesses. In 2016, unadjusted multiple regression models revealed that chronic illnesses (β = .38) and relationship quality (β = -.41) were associated with loneliness (R2 = .28). When covariates were added, these values were attenuated but remained statistically significant. In 2020 during the pandemic, 8% of these participants reported they often felt lonely and 26% reported feeling lonelier since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. People who had more chronic illnesses in 2016 reported feeling lonelier in 2020 as did people whose relationships were poorer quality (p &lt; .05). Further analyses with final data from HRS are needed to confirm these trends. These findings highlight the importance of having longitudinal information to identify individuals at high risk and most likely to benefit from interventions.
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Dahlberg, Lena, Neda Agahi, and Carin Lennartsson. "Lonelier than ever? Loneliness of older people over two decades." Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 75 (March 2018): 96–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.11.004.
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Matthews, Timothy, Candice L. Odgers, Andrea Danese, et al. "Loneliness and Neighborhood Characteristics: A Multi-Informant, Nationally Representative Study of Young Adults." Psychological Science 30, no. 5 (2019): 765–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797619836102.
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In this study, we investigated associations between the characteristics of the neighborhoods in which young adults live and their feelings of loneliness, using data from different sources. Participants were drawn from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study. Loneliness was measured via self-reports at ages 12 and 18 years and also by interviewer ratings at age 18. Neighborhood characteristics were assessed between the ages of 12 and 18 via government data, systematic social observations, a resident survey, and participants’ self-reports. Greater loneliness was associated with perceptions of lower collective efficacy and greater neighborhood disorder but not with more objective measures of neighborhood characteristics. Lonelier individuals perceived the collective efficacy of their neighborhoods to be lower than did their less lonely siblings who lived at the same address. These findings suggest that feelings of loneliness are associated with negatively biased perceptions of neighborhood characteristics, which may have implications for lonely individuals’ likelihood of escaping loneliness.
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Victor, Christina, Mary P. Sullivan, Rachel Woodbridge, and Michael Thomas. "Dancing with Loneliness in Later Life: A Pilot Study Mapping Seasonal Variations." Open Psychology Journal 8, no. 1 (2015): 97–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874350101508010097.
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Temporal variations in loneliness at the individual and population level have long been reported in longitudinal studies. Although the evidence is limited due to methodological distinctions among studies, we broadly know that loneliness as one ages is a dynamic experience with people becoming more or less lonely or staying the same over time. There is, however, less evidence to understand individual variations in loneliness over shorter periods of time. This paper reports on one element of a small mixed method pilot study to investigate seasonal variations in loneliness over the course of one year and to test the effectiveness of tools used to collect data at repeated short intervals. Our findings confirm that loneliness is dynamic even over shorter periods of time with participants reporting to be lonelier in the evenings, weekends and spring-summer period. Data measures were at times problematic due to language and/or interpretation and reinforce the relevance of reviewing the more common approaches to studying loneliness to more effectively capture the complex and individual nature of the experience.
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BHARTI, DR. JAYA, and Anmol Shekhar Srivastava. "ADOLESCENTS' LONELINESS, SURVIVAL, AND COPING SKILLS: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE." Madhya Bharti (मध्य भारती) 81, no. 02 (2021): 139–45. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15394690.
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The current study was designed to examine the relevance of strategies used for coping with loneliness.100 School students (50 boys, 50 girls) and 100 college students (50 boys, 50 girls) completed the revisedUCLA loneliness scale by Russell Peplau and Cutrona,1980 and were asked to provide informationregarding demographic data. The study revealed important findings: A) female adolescents aresignificantly lonelier than male adolescents, B) Females scored higher on loneliness during earlyadolescence and males experienced higher loneliness during late adolescence, C) demographic variablesfail to relate to the experience of loneliness, and D) the majority of adolescents regardless of age and sexreported the use of solitary involvement for coping with loneliness. Although various activities and eventswere mentioned for dealing with loneliness, they were clearly not in the context of increasing the numberof social contexts for developing existing relationships into ones of greater depth. The activities engagedin were not geared towards masking the pain, suppressing cognitive processes, or avoiding the experiencealtogether. On the contrary, they allowed the person time to adjust to loneliness and to decide to face itcourageously while not becoming immobilised in the process. It was also found that the adolescents didnot mention any coping strategies referring to reflective solitude, involving restructuring loneliness intosolitude by cognitively changing their perception of the situation.Keywords: loneliness, solitude, coping skills, surviving skills, adolescents, late and middle adolescents.
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Stokes, Jeffrey, Anyah Prasad, Adrita Barooah, and Elisabeth Stam. "LONGITUDINAL DYADIC ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN LONELINESS AND COGNITION AMONG OLDER COUPLES IN THE UNITED STATES." Innovation in Aging 8, Supplement_1 (2024): 366. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.1191.
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Abstract Objectives Loneliness is associated with diminished health and cognition for older individuals. However, little research has examined dyadic loneliness – i.e., loneliness of both partners in a relationship – and its potential consequences for cognitive functioning among both spouses, nor whether one partner’s cognition may impact both partners’ loneliness over time. Methods We analyze 3-wave dyadic Health and Retirement Study data (2010-2020; N=1,061 dyads) to determine (a) whether loneliness predicts participants’ own and/or their partners’ episodic memory and verbal fluency over 8 years, and (b) whether cognitive functioning predicts older spouses’ own or their partners’ loneliness over the same period. Results Loneliness predicted participants’ own and their partners’ loneliness at follow-up, at both timepoints. Loneliness was also associated with own episodic memory at follow-up, but not with verbal fluency. Episodic memory and verbal fluency predicted one another over time. Neither episodic memory nor verbal fluency predicted loneliness at follow-up. Significant dyadic mediation was established such that Time 1 loneliness was linked with partner’s Time 3 episodic memory via that partner’s Time 2 loneliness. Discussion Lonelier older adults displayed worse trajectories of episodic memory over time, yet poor memory did not precede changes to loneliness. Further, having a lonely partner was linked with poorer episodic memory 8 years later, indicating that both one’s own and – to a lesser extent – a partner’s emotional well-being may be consequential for maintaining cognitive functioning with age. Associations were more clearly established with episodic memory than with verbal fluency, suggesting domain-specific effects of loneliness.
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Porinchu Tharayil, Davis. "Perceptions of Family of Origin Among Lonely Adult Filipino Males With Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Analysis." American Journal of Men's Health 4, no. 2 (2009): 111–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988308330771.
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This study explored the perceived family life experiences in the family of origin among 35 hospitalized lonely adult (range 27 to 44 years) Filipino males with schizophrenia during a period of remission of their overt psychotic features. Open-ended interview, checklists, and projective techniques were used to collect data. Together with an in-depth analysis of narratives, the responses of the lonely and the loneliest participants were compared by Mann—Whitney U nonparametric test of comparison. It was predicted in this study that individuals with schizophrenia with higher level of loneliness would be more likely to perceive their family life experiences negatively than the less lonely individuals with schizophrenia. Results showed that the degree of negative family experiences among the loneliest participants was significantly higher than the lonely participants. Moreover, a few participants regardless of the degree of loneliness positively viewed their family as united and close, interactive, affectionate and loving, kind and good, trustworthy, religious, morally good, complete, and supportive.
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Khan, Mostafa Saidur Rahim, Pattaphol Yuktadatta, and Yoshihiko Kadoya. "Who Became Lonely during the COVID-19 Pandemic? An Investigation of the Socioeconomic Aspects of Loneliness in Japan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 10 (2022): 6242. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19106242.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social and economic aspects of people’s lives in different ways, causing them to experience different levels of loneliness. This study examines the extent of loneliness among men and women of various ages in Japan during the pandemic and attempts to determine the underlying causes. We used data from Hiroshima University’s nationwide survey conducted before and during the pandemic in Japan. The sample consists of 3755 participants, of which 67% are men and 33% are women with an average age of 51 years (SD = 13.64). Using mean comparison tests and probit regression models, we show that loneliness is a common occurrence among the Japanese population and that a significant number of people became lonely for the first time during the pandemic. In general, loneliness was greater among younger respondents, but older people became lonelier during the pandemic. Simultaneously, we observed significant differences in loneliness across age and gender subsamples. Although depression and subjective health status contributed to loneliness, we found no single explanation for the loneliness experienced by people during the pandemic; rather, subsample analysis revealed that the causes of loneliness for each group differed. Nevertheless, we discovered that older people are at a higher risk of developing loneliness during the pandemic due to a variety of socioeconomic and behavioral factors. The findings of this study suggest that health authorities should not generalize cases of loneliness, but rather intervene individually in each group to avoid further complications.
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Chen, Yushuai, Zhonglin Wen, Jian Peng, and Xiqin Liu. "Leader-follower congruence in loneliness, LMX and turnover intention." Journal of Managerial Psychology 31, no. 4 (2016): 864–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmp-06-2015-0205.
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Purpose – Research on workplace loneliness has thus far been dominated by perceptions of followers; hence, few researchers have considered the perspective of leader-follower congruence. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the leader-follower relationship mediates the relationship between leader-follower congruence/incongruence in workplace loneliness and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 232 leader-follower dyads from ten companies in China. Polynomial regression combined with the response surface methodology was used to test the hypotheses. Findings – Four conclusions were drawn. First, leader-member exchange (LMX) was higher when leaders and followers were aligned in terms of workplace loneliness than otherwise. Second, in the case of leader-follower congruence, LMX rose as their workplace loneliness fell. Third, in the case of incongruence, followers had lower LMX when they were lonelier than their leaders. Finally, LMX partially mediated the leader-follower congruence/incongruence effect of workplace loneliness on followers’ turnover intention. Originality/value – This study emphasized the importance of leaders’ congruence with followers in workplace loneliness. Additionally, it extended research on leader-follower congruence from a positive perspective to a negative one.
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Makri, Eleni, Ioannis Michopoulos, and Fragiskos Gonidakis. "Investigation of Loneliness and Social Support in Patients with Eating Disorders: A Case-Control Study." Psychiatry International 3, no. 2 (2022): 142–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3020012.
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Loneliness and, to a lesser degree, social support are considered under-researched topics in the literature on eating disorders (ED). This study attempted to expand the relevant body of research by examining loneliness in combination with social support in ED patients and in healthy controls (HC). Binge-eating problems, emotional eating, resilience, anxiety, and depression symptoms were also assessed. Thirty-two patients with ED and twenty-nine HC completed the following measures: UCLA Loneliness Scale, Social Support Questionnaire—Short Form, Binge Eating Scale, Emotional Eating Scale, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Eating-disorder patients showed higher levels of loneliness and lower levels of social support—both in terms of perceived availability and satisfaction—than HC. Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED) subgroups did not differ significantly on either of these variables. In ED patients, loneliness was only correlated with Social Support Satisfaction (negatively) and depressive symptomatology (positively). Patients with ED appear to be lonelier and less satisfied with their social support compared to HC. We found similar levels of loneliness and social support between AN, BN, and BED sufferers. Decreased social support satisfaction and elevated symptoms of depression could account for ED patients’ high levels of loneliness.
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Makri, Eleni, Ioannis Michopoulos, and Fragiskos Gonidakis. "Investigation of Loneliness and Social Support in Patients with Eating Disorders: A Case-Control Study." Psychiatry International 3, no. 2 (2022): 142–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint3020012.
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Loneliness and, to a lesser degree, social support are considered under-researched topics in the literature on eating disorders (ED). This study attempted to expand the relevant body of research by examining loneliness in combination with social support in ED patients and in healthy controls (HC). Binge-eating problems, emotional eating, resilience, anxiety, and depression symptoms were also assessed. Thirty-two patients with ED and twenty-nine HC completed the following measures: UCLA Loneliness Scale, Social Support Questionnaire—Short Form, Binge Eating Scale, Emotional Eating Scale, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Eating-disorder patients showed higher levels of loneliness and lower levels of social support—both in terms of perceived availability and satisfaction—than HC. Anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge-eating disorder (BED) subgroups did not differ significantly on either of these variables. In ED patients, loneliness was only correlated with Social Support Satisfaction (negatively) and depressive symptomatology (positively). Patients with ED appear to be lonelier and less satisfied with their social support compared to HC. We found similar levels of loneliness and social support between AN, BN, and BED sufferers. Decreased social support satisfaction and elevated symptoms of depression could account for ED patients’ high levels of loneliness.
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van Tonder, Johanna Isabella, Jacques Jordaan, and Karel Esterhuyse. "Self-esteem, Interpersonal Communication Competence, and Media and Technology Usage as Predictors of Loneliness Among University Students." SAGE Open 13, no. 1 (2023): 215824402211483. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221148379.
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Loneliness is a common concern among university students, as these individuals experience many of the risk factors associated with loneliness. This experience of loneliness tends to lead to numerous consequences such as negative self-evaluations, anxiety, and depression, which in turn lead to impaired concentration and a decline in academic motivation and performance. The overarching aims of this study were to identify the predictor variable(s) or combination of predictor variables, namely self-esteem, interpersonal communication competence, and media and technology usage, that explain a significant percentage of the variance in loneliness amongst undergraduate university students, as well as to investigate whether differences exist in loneliness with regards to gender, ethnicity, and generational status. The sample consisted of 1,191 South African undergraduate university students between the ages of 18 and 30. This study was non-experimental in nature and a correlational research design was used. The results indicated that the combination of the independent (predictor) variables accounted for 51.9% of the variance in the Loneliness scores of the sample. Interpersonal Communication Competence and Self-esteem served as statistically and practically significant individual predictor variables of the students’ loneliness. Male students and first-generation students tend to be lonelier than female students and non-first-generation students, respectively.
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Bower, Marlee, Monica Carvalheiro, Kevin Gournay, Janette Perz, and Elizabeth Conroy. "When More Satisfying and Supportive Relationships Increase Loneliness: The Social Worlds of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness." Health & Social Care in the Community 2023 (March 21, 2023): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9836967.
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People experiencing homelessness can often have small and fragmented social networks, due to the loss and absence of critical connections, leaving them particularly susceptible to loneliness. During the course of homelessness, some people experience a changing profile of networks, transitioning away from family and some friends and forming new/substitute networks, such as service providers or pets. The resulting loneliness can have profound impacts on this group, threatening their physical and mental health and their ability to exit homelessness successfully. This study aimed to understand the social network characteristics and support associated with loneliness. MOS Social Support and social network questionnaire data from 124 participants (either currently or formerly homeless) were used in three hierarchical regression models to predict romantic, social, and family loneliness (SELSA-S), respectively. Findings suggested the more supportive, important, and (often) more satisfying that participants deemed current relationships to be, the lonelier they tended to feel. This occurred even if they were no longer homeless. These findings suggest that loneliness can operate differently in the context of poverty and homelessness. Whilst experiencing homelessness, people may prioritise relationships that provide resources and safety over those that assuage loneliness. Service providers can support people exiting homelessness to (re)connect with important and valued networks to reduce loneliness.
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Yu, Junhong, Charlene L. M. Lam, and Tatia M. C. Lee. "Perceived loneliness among older adults with mild cognitive impairment." International Psychogeriatrics 28, no. 10 (2016): 1681–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610216000430.
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ABSTRACTBackground:The high prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Hong Kong, as previously reported, requires verification. Furthermore, the relationship between loneliness, depression, and cognitive impairment with regards to MCI are unclear. The present study aims to establish the prevalence of MCI in a community sample in Hong Kong and determine if participants with MCI feel significantly lonelier, even after depression has been taken into consideration.Methods:Participants from a community sample (N = 376) were assessed with subjective and objective measures of cognitive impairments to determine whether the criteria had been met for MCI. The MCI cases are then compared with age, sex, and education-matched controls on subjective measures of loneliness and depression.Results:A total of 66 (17.6%) participants were diagnosed with MCI. These participants reported significantly higher levels of perceived loneliness and depression compared to the matched controls. Differences between groups in loneliness remained significant, even after depression levels have been controlled.Conclusions:Loneliness is implicated in MCI. The relationship between loneliness and MCI is, at least, partially independent of depression. The implications of these finding are discussed.
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Kim, Sohee, and Eunha Kim. "Moderating effects of basic psychological need satisfaction and balance in the relationship between andropause, loneliness, and depression among middle-aged men." Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction 25, no. 6 (2025): 451–68. https://doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2025.25.6.451.
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the moderated mediation effect of basic psychological need satisfaction and balance in the relationship between andropause and depression through loneliness. Methods To the end, we measured andropause, loneliness, basic psyhcological need satisfaction and balance with 350 middle-aged men, and the data collected through an online survey were analyzed using SPSS Macro. The analysis included correlations between variables, a three-step regression, and Bootstrapping, while SPSS Macro was used to test the moderated mediation effect. Additionally, the study explored how sub-factors of the moderating variable contribute to the moderating effect. Results The results showed that loneliness mediated the relationship between andropause and depression. Second, basic psychological need satisfaction moderated the relationship between andropause and loneliness. Third, a moderated mediation effect of basic psychological need satisfaction was observed in the effect of andropause on depression through loneliness. In contrast, basic psychological need balance did not moderate the relationship between andropause and loneliness. Finally, among the subfactors of basic psychological need satisfaction, autonomy and competence significantly moderated the relationship between andropause and loneliness, while relatedness did not. Conclusions In conclusion, men with low basic psychological need satisfaction tended to feel lonelier and more vulnerable to depression due to andropause, while those with high needs satisfaction experienced less loneliness and were less susceptible to depression, even with menopausal symptoms.
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Sara Taj, Palwasha Nasir Abbasi, and Marwa Khan. "Impact of Phubbing Behavior on Loneliness: Mediated by Fear of Missing Out among Young Adults." ACADEMIA International Journal for Social Sciences 4, no. 1 (2025): 1119–30. https://doi.org/10.63056/acad.004.01.0159.
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This study examined how phubbing behavior—ignoring someone in favor of a smartphone—affects feelings of loneliness among young adults, with a particular emphasis on the role of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) as a psychological link in this relationship. A sample of 300 participants was surveyed using reliable and validated tools to measure phubbing, FOMO, and loneliness. Results showed that individuals who engage in higher levels of phubbing tend to feel lonelier, and this connection is partly explained by their increased experience of FOMO. In other words, the more people feel left out due to digital distractions, the more disconnected and lonelier they may become. These findings draw attention to the subtle emotional toll of digital habits and suggest a need for greater awareness about how everyday phone use can impact our mental and social well-being. The study adds to the growing conversation around technology use and emotional health, especially in younger populations.
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Wilkinson, Lindsay, Julie Masters, Christopher Kelly, Miechelle McKelvey, Ladan Ghazi Saidi, and Toni Hill. "Loneliness among Rural and Underserved Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (2020): 951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3480.
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Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults are among the most vulnerable populations to the medical complications of COVID-19; however, they are also deeply affected by the unintended consequences of social distancing and sheltering in place. Social distancing effectively mitigates the spread of COVID-19, but this practice can also lead to social isolation and loneliness. Drawing on a sample of adults age 60 or older receiving Meals on Wheels/Grab and Go Meals in the state of Nebraska, this study investigates loneliness among rural and underserved older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys were distributed to 3725 meal recipients across Nebraska’s eight Area Agencies on Aging in July 2020 (response rate = 50%), and a stratified random subsample was selected for preliminary analysis (N = 240). Logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of COVID-19 and its associated safety precautions on loneliness. The findings reveal that 1 in 10 older adults have not left their home in over a month, and 38 percent feel lonelier due to the impact of COVID-19. Older adults who engaged in more community activities before the pandemic, reported leaving their home less, and experienced a longer absence of social interaction since the pandemic all had significantly increased odds of feeling lonelier in the COVID-19 era. Longer duration of sheltering in place was marginally associated with increased loneliness. The findings from this study show the consequences of social distancing on rural and underserved older adults, which calls for coordinated intervention.
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Veerman, Linda, Eline Heppe, Deborah Gold, and Sabina Kef. "Intra- and Interpersonal Factors in Adolescence Predicting Loneliness among Young Adults with Visual Impairments." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 113, no. 1 (2019): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x18818615.
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Introduction: Youths with visual impairments (i.e., blindness or low vision) experience difficulties with forming and maintaining social relationships with peers. These difficulties challenge their psychosocial functioning and put them at risk of being lonelier later in life. The study’s primary goal was to investigate how intra- and interpersonal factors during adolescence influence Loneliness in young adulthood. Methods: Analyses were conducted on data from a national data set. Participants ( N = 96) were interviewed at two different time points. General linear regression and mediation analyses were used to examine the role of social competence, personality, and satisfaction with social support, measured at mean age 17.83, and on Loneliness measured at mean age 23.45. Results: Analyses showed that adolescents with visual impairments who were more emotionally stable and had higher social competence during adolescence were less lonely later in life. In addition, the results showed that emotionally unstable adolescents reported lower social competence and, therefore, were lonelier in young adulthood. Discussion: These findings indicate that factors connected to Loneliness in young adulthood include people’s personality traits and their level of social competence at a younger age. Implications for practitioners: Knowing the underlying causes of an individual’s Loneliness assists practitioners in selecting what type of intervention would be suitable for addressing these issues. Those with low social skills benefit more from social skills training and those with negative biases of their own functioning profit more from interventions based on cognitive approaches. Screening methods could be used in order to determine these underlying issues and personality structure, before assigning persons to specific interventions.
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John, Lissy, Bindhu Mathew, and Aravind Kasturi. "A Review on Recreational Therapy among the Elderly to Prevent Social Isolation and Loneliness: A Concept Paper." International Journal of Health Sciences and Research 15, no. 4 (2025): 73–80. https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20250411.
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Recreation includes all the activities done in the leisure time for enjoyment or relaxation to refresh the mind and body and improve overall well-being. Recreational therapy is the treatment that can reduce stress and enhance happiness and fulfilment in life. Ageing has become a global issue which causes changes in physical, social, mental, and physiological processes. Loneliness and social isolation have emerged as critical risk factors for adverse health outcomes, including mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline1. Studies also reveal that loneliness and social isolation can impact the central features of the brain and cognitive ageing2. There are various causes of social isolation and loneliness, which can be individual, family-related, or societal. It is usually the perceived causes rather than the actual causes for social isolation and loneliness3. Conclusion: The targeted interventions of recreational therapy (e.g., art and craft, brain exercises, cooking and baking, outdoor activities, music therapy, and pet therapy) can improve socialization and creativity. This approach can prevent social isolation and loneliness among the elderly before they lead to adverse health outcomes4. Key words: Recreational Therapy, social isolation, loneliness, ageing.
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Moskowitz, Marc L. "Message in a Bottle: Lyrical Laments and Emotional Expression in Mandopop." China Quarterly 194 (June 2008): 365–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741008000428.
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AbstractThis article explores the ubiquitous themes of loneliness, isolation and anomie in Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese language pop music). This is not to imply that people in the PRC and Taiwan are lonelier than people from other countries but, rather, that being human they experience these emotions. What is distinctive here is that Mandopop becomes a primary conduit to express feelings that are sanctioned in daily speech. The article addresses these concerns and uses in-depth interviews in Shanghai and Taipei to find out why Mandopop's themes of loneliness and isolation are so resonant to its fans.
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Fergusson, Melissa. "Loneliness in Aotearoa." He Rourou 2, no. 1 (2022): 72–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.54474/herourou.v2i1.7149.
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Loneliness is a severe problem in New Zealand and most prevalent among the young, namely Generation Z. In March 2020, New Zealand went into lockdown due to Covid-19, and there was a spike in young people indicating loneliness as an issue. This age group experienced feeling the loneliest.
 The experience of loneliness is subjective for all individuals; however, feeling lonely relates to broader and shared social, economic, political, and environmental issues. As we have recently become regular social media users and have more screen time, disconnection and lack of deep human relationships and social connections are becoming serious issues for young people. 
 It is widely reported that loneliness, social isolation, and living alone have increased the risk of heart disease, stroke, and dementia, leading to depression and death. Promoting social connection is imperative for people and our community’s well-being and health.
 This research used documentary as a methodology to explore the thoughts and perceptions of people involved in understanding loneliness to help provide viewers with a deeper understanding, raise social awareness for people experiencing loneliness, and reduce the impact of being lonely. 
 The ‘Loneliness in Aotearoa’ documentary indicates that New Zealand’s young people are currently suggesting that they are more lonely than other generations, and collectively there is a need to take action to minimise loneliness.
 In the UK, Tracey Crouch, appointed the first Minister of Loneliness in 2018, stated, “Nobody should feel alone or be left with no one to turn to. Loneliness is a serious issue that affects people of all ages and backgrounds, and it is right that we tackle it head-on.”
 In New Zealand, we have not appointed a Minister of Loneliness yet. There is the; question do we need one?
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Grennan, Gillian, Pragathi Priyadharsini Balasubramani, Fahad Alim, et al. "Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Loneliness and Wisdom during Emotional Bias." Cerebral Cortex 31, no. 7 (2021): 3311–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab012.
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Abstract Loneliness and wisdom have opposing impacts on health and well-being, yet their neuro-cognitive bases have never been simultaneously investigated. In this study of 147 healthy human subjects sampled across the adult lifespan, we simultaneously studied the cognitive and neural correlates of loneliness and wisdom in the context of an emotion bias task. Aligned with the social threat framework of loneliness, we found that loneliness was associated with reduced speed of processing when angry emotional stimuli were presented to bias cognition. In contrast, we found that wisdom was associated with greater speed of processing when happy emotions biased cognition. Source models of electroencephalographic data showed that loneliness was specifically associated with enhanced angry stimulus-driven theta activity in the left transverse temporal region of interest, which is located in the area of the temporoparietal junction (TPJ), while wisdom was specifically related to increased TPJ theta activity during happy stimulus processing. Additionally, enhanced attentiveness to threatening stimuli for lonelier individuals was observed as greater beta activity in left superior parietal cortex, while wisdom significantly related to enhanced happy stimulus-evoked alpha activity in the left insula. Our results demonstrate emotion-context driven modulations in cognitive neural circuits by loneliness versus wisdom.
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Matthews, Timothy, Andrea Danese, Avshalom Caspi, et al. "Lonely young adults in modern Britain: findings from an epidemiological cohort study." Psychological Medicine 49, no. 2 (2018): 268–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291718000788.
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AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to build a detailed, integrative profile of the correlates of young adults’ feelings of loneliness, in terms of their current health and functioning and their childhood experiences and circumstances.MethodsData were drawn from the Environmental Risk Longitudinal Twin Study, a birth cohort of 2232 individuals born in England and Wales in 1994 and 1995. Loneliness was measured when participants were aged 18. Regression analyses were used to test concurrent associations between loneliness and health and functioning in young adulthood. Longitudinal analyses were conducted to examine childhood factors associated with young adult loneliness.ResultsLonelier young adults were more likely to experience mental health problems, to engage in physical health risk behaviours, and to use more negative strategies to cope with stress. They were less confident in their employment prospects and were more likely to be out of work. Lonelier young adults were, as children, more likely to have had mental health difficulties and to have experienced bullying and social isolation. Loneliness was evenly distributed across genders and socioeconomic backgrounds.ConclusionsYoung adults’ experience of loneliness co-occurs with a diverse range of problems, with potential implications for health in later life. The findings underscore the importance of early intervention to prevent lonely young adults from being trapped in loneliness as they age.
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Ten Kate, Rowan L. F., Başak Bilecen, and Nardi Steverink. "The Role of Parent‐Child Relationships and Filial Expectations in Loneliness Among Older Turkish Migrants." Social Inclusion 9, no. 4 (2021): 291–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i4.4508.
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Older first‐generation migrants living in Europe, particularly Turkish migrants, feel relatively lonely, which indicates social exclusion. Social embeddedness within the family, particularly parent‐child relationships, can alleviate loneliness for older migrants, but such relationships can also be ambivalent, which may not prevent loneliness altogether. Earlier research indicates that Turkish migrants in Germany report high quality relationships with their children and high levels of social support exchanges within the family; however, some still report disappointing aspects of the relationship with their children, such as feeling disrespected. To better understand these contradictory findings, this article focuses on various aspects of parent‐child relationships that may explain loneliness among older Turkish migrants in Germany. Moreover, the article considers whether filial expectations can be potential sources of intergenerational conflict that may explain higher levels of loneliness among older Turkish migrants. Using the Generations and Gender Survey with 606 first‐generation Turkish respondents aged 50 and above, findings show that having low satisfying relationships with children and not having adult co‐residing children is associated with more loneliness. Turkish migrants with higher filial expectations feel lonelier when they have good perceived health, and less lonely when they have bad perceived health. These findings indicate that especially healthy older Turkish migrants may have unfulfilled expectations regarding parent‐child relationships, which adds to their loneliness, while parents with bad health experience solidarity, which lowers their loneliness. This shows that both intergenerational solidarity and conflict influence loneliness among older Turkish migrants.
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Azer, Lilian, Isaac Quintanilla Salinas, Esra Kürüm, et al. "Older Adults’ Engagement in Cognitively Stimulating Activities Prior to the Pandemic Predicts Loneliness." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (2021): 307–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.1199.
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Abstract Loneliness, which may be more prevalent in older than younger adults, may lead to increased subjective cognitive decline and cognitive impairment may in turn predict perceived loneliness. COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions may exacerbate perceived loneliness, especially that experienced by older adults. The present study investigated whether self-reported cognitive abilities (i.e., executive functions) would predict loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Younger (YA; n = 136, 18-35 years), middle-aged (MA; n = 126, 36-54 years), and older (OA; n = 171, 55-88 years) adults completed questionnaires assessing self-reported executive functions (EF) and perceived loneliness using the BRIEF-A and UCLA Loneliness scale respectively. Forty-nine of the 171 older participants partially completed a cognitive learning intervention, which has previously been found to increase EF. In the current study, age group did not significantly predict perceived loneliness. However, OA who participated in the prior intervention reported less loneliness than those who did not participate in the intervention. Additionally, OA who participated in the intervention and self-reported worse EF during the current study, also reported feeling lonelier than adults who did not participate in the intervention. Although results from our prior research found most OA who participated in the intervention improved their EF, the results from the current study suggest that it left them more susceptible to the negative effects of physical distancing restrictions if they had lower self-reported EF during the pandemic. Decreased engagement, real or perceived, in cognitively stimulating activities due to the pandemic strengthens the relationship between lower self-reported EF and perceived loneliness.