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Loneliness in adolescents with different social media behavior

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Loneliness is a critical issue of adolescents that has grown severe during the last decade. Social media use is often regarded as negative factor of loneliness experience in connection with escapism.
E. Zakirova, N. Poskrebysheva
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Loneliness among seniors

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Introduction: Loneliness is a universal phenomenon that affects people of any age. But it becomes especially painful for people over 60 years of age. Loneliness makes seniors vulnerable to isolation and marginalization.Aim: The aim of the article is to ...
Natalia Skierkowska   +3 more
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Loneliness and Health Outcomes Among Malaysian Older Adults

open access: yesMakara Journal of Health Research, 2021
Background: Loneliness is a major social problem among the elderly all over the world. Methods: A community-based survey was conducted among 380 community-dwelling older adults residing in Malaysia. A proportional stratified random sampling method was
Siti Zuhaida Hussein   +2 more
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Perceived Loneliness and Severe Sleep Disorders in Adult Women during the Covid-19 Quarantine: A Cross-Sectional Study in Colombia

open access: yesJournal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021
Background: Quarantine is a measure to control COVID-19 spread, resulting in an increased perception of loneliness. In turn, sleep disorders (SD) may be more frequently reported in uncertain circumstances.
Álvaro Monterrosa-Castro   +2 more
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Loneliness as Cause

open access: yesTopoi, 2023
AbstractWhile loneliness has been linked to various mental and physical health problems, the sense in which loneliness is a cause of these conditions has so far attracted little philosophical attention. This paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing research on health effects of loneliness and therapeutic interventions through current approaches to ...
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“It’s a feeling of complete disconnection”: experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2023
Background Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical work on this construct, and ...
Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley   +3 more
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The relationships between social support and loneliness: A meta-analysis and review

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
The loneliness of modern people is becoming more and more prominent, and has brought profoundly negative effects on mental health. Social support is an important predictor of loneliness.
Xing Zhang, Shenghong Dong
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Family influences on adolescent loneliness [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Loneliness is one of the negative emotions that is often brought up in everyday life. Loneliness has a variety of negative effects and can lead to suicidal thoughts at best.
Ying Mingjun
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The Impact of Loneliness on Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction Among Older, Sicker Adults

open access: yesGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2015
Objective: This study estimated prevalence rates of loneliness, identified characteristics associated with loneliness, and estimated the impact of loneliness on quality of life (QOL) and patient satisfaction.
Shirley Musich PhD   +3 more
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Impact of transient and chronic loneliness on progression and reversion of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: four-year follow-up

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Frailty is a common condition in older adults that is characterized by transitions between frailty states in both directions (progression and reversion) over time.
Bin-Lin Chu, Wen Zhang
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