How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation
Public Health Research & Practice, 2020 The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upon human health, economic activity and social engagement have been swift and far reaching.
Ben J Smith, Michelle H Lim
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Long COVID symptoms and loneliness: findings from the World Trade Center Health Registry [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Symptoms of long COVID can profoundly impact affected individuals’ functioning, including their ability to participate in social activities. While individuals experiencing long COVID symptoms frequently report loneliness, few studies to date ...
Julia S. Sisti +2 more
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Loneliness Among the Elderly: a Mini Review [PDF]
Consortium Psychiatricum, 2022 Loneliness is understood as a painful negative emotion. Since its introduction into the psychiatric literature in 1959, the understanding of loneliness has improved considerably, and is now understood to be a distinct entity to such issues as social ...
Sandeep Grover
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Social loneliness, emotional loneliness and loneliness in love as predictors of life satisfaction in adolescents [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2023 The primary aim of our research was to examine the impact of social loneliness, emotional loneliness and loneliness in love on life satisfaction of young people, including the variables of gender, age and material status.
Numanović Almedina Š. +3 more
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The prevalence of loneliness across 113 countries: systematic review and meta-analysis
British medical journal, 2022 Objectives To identify data availability, gaps, and patterns for population level prevalence of loneliness globally, to summarise prevalence estimates within World Health Organization regions when feasible through meta-analysis, and to examine temporal ...
D. Surkalim +6 more
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Nature Human Behaviour, 2023 The associations between social isolation, loneliness and the risk of mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are controversial.
Fan Wang +11 more
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Evidence for a shared genetic contribution to loneliness and borderline personality disorder
Translational Psychiatry, 2023 Loneliness, influenced by genetic and environmental factors such as childhood maltreatment, is one aspect of interpersonal dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Anna Schulze +22 more
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Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
American Psychologist, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic and measures aimed at its mitigation, such as physical distancing, have been discussed as risk factors for loneliness, which increases the risk of premature mortality and mental and physical health conditions.
M. Ernst +8 more
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Estimation of loneliness in students with visual impairments [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017 Background/Aim. Loneliness is becoming more frequent, especially in young people. Some authors believe that visual impairments increase the risk of loneliness. Empirical data on its manifestation in persons with visual impairments are contradictory.
Stanimirović Dragana V. +3 more
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Latent Transition Analysis indicates four relatively stable profiles of loneliness in New Zealand
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022 Objective: We investigated the characteristics of loneliness by identifying distinct ‘profiles’ of loneliness and investigating transitions between those loneliness profiles over two years.
Matthew D. Hammond +3 more
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