Loneliness and Anxiety Sensitivity: Understanding Behavioural Avoidance in the Lonely

Narchal, Renu

doi:10.4172/2469-6676.100130

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“…Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS (Version 25) and MPLUS (Muthén and Muthén, 2016) in case of the factor analyses. No missing data were detected.…”

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“…In this work, loneliness is understood as the subjective distress resulting from a discrepancy between the perceived and desired frequency of social relationships (Perlman and Peplau, 1981 ). The feeling of loneliness has been found to be related to fear and emotional hypervigilance in daily life (Meng et al, 2020 ), mental health conditions (Ong et al, 2016 ), increased somatic complaints (Wei et al, 2015 ), higher levels of anxiety sensitivity (Narchal and McDavitt, 2017 ), increased depressive symptoms (Cacioppo et al, 2010 ), and suicide (Stickley and Koyanagi, 2016 ). A recent study found that COVID-19 related loneliness was also associated with more sleep problems (Grossman et al, 2021 ).…”

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Perceived Impact of Quarantine on Loneliness, Death Obsession, and Preoccupation With God: Predictors of Increased Fear of COVID-19

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Most countries are facing the societal challenging need for a new quarantine period due to the increasing number of COVID-19 infections, indicating a second or even third wave of disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface existential issues that are typically less present in people's focal attention. The first aim of this study was to identify some of these existential struggles such as increased feelings of loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God. Secondly, we explored the association of these factors with the increased fear of coronavirus during the quarantine. Data was collected from 1,340 Romanian adults using a cross-sectional web-based survey design in the midst of the national lockdown period of COVID-19. Participants completed measures of COVID-19 related loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God twice; first, thinking about the period before the pandemic, and second, for the current situation during the quarantine. Then, they completed a fear of COVID-19 measure. Participants perceived an increase in the feelings of loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God during the confinement. Furthermore, gender, knowing someone diagnosed with COVID-19, loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God predicted fear of COVID-19. Interestingly, days in isolation did not predict fear of COVID-19 nor were associated with feelings of loneliness. In line with existential positive psychology, these results highlight the importance of policies and interventions targeting the experience of loneliness, spiritual beliefs, and particularly those aimed to promote death acceptance, in order to alleviate intense fear of COVID-19.

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“…Statistical analyses were performed using the SPSS (Version 25) and MPLUS (Muthén and Muthén, 2016) in case of the factor analyses. No missing data were detected.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Perceived Impact of Quarantine on Loneliness, Death Obsession, and Preoccupation With God: Predictors of Increased Fear of COVID-19

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“…Emotional difficulties subscale of SDQ could be divided into three general themes: anxiety, depression and physiological symptoms. A previous study had published that anxiety was found to increase as a function of loneliness (Narchal and McDavitt, 2017). Anxious individuals often experienced physiological symptoms, such as increased heartbeat and sickness.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Anxious individuals often experienced physiological symptoms, such as increased heartbeat and sickness. They might try to suppress those physiological symptoms of anxiety by avoiding social interaction, making them isolated and lonely (Narchal and McDavitt, 2017). The similar pattern also occurred on depressed individuals.…”

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Predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children of migrant workers in Indonesia

Faisal

Turnip

2019

JPMH

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare loneliness between the left-behind children of migrant workers and the non-left-behind ones, and identify the most significant predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children. Design/methodology/approach Incidental sampling was performed to select 629 participants aged 11–16 from 5 schools in the rural areas of Karawang and Lombok in Indonesia. They filled in paper-and-pencil self-report inventories. Findings Left-behind children were significantly lonelier than their counterparts were. Emotional loneliness was more affected by parental absence compared to social loneliness. Left-behind children would be more susceptible to experience loneliness if they had more access to entertainment gadgets, experienced less support and intimacy from friends, had been left by their migrant parents more than once, were female, had low self-esteem, experienced emotional difficulties and rarely communicated with their parents. Research limitations/implications Qualitative research was needed to provide more elaborative explanation about the findings. Practical implications Parents needed to consider the psychological cost and benefit of working abroad to their children. Governments could intervene by limiting the duration and frequency of work among the migrant workers. Social implications Some beneficial implications to prevent and reduce loneliness among left-behind children were provided, such as by maintaining the frequency and quality of communication with the children, motivating and guiding the children to interact with their peers and spend less time on entertainment gadgets, as well as encouraging the children to engage in several positive activities to enhance their self-esteem. Originality/value This study enriched the understanding about complex relationship between parental presence and adolescents’ mental health despite the fact that adolescents seemed to be more interested in relationships with peers.

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“…Di dalam sebuah studi disebutkan bahwa saat masa pandemi, pencarian loneliness dalam Google Trends meningkat (Brodeur, Clark, Flèche, & Powdthavee, 2020). Rasa kesepian secara signifikan dapat memperparah serta mempengaruhi depresi (Erzen & Çikrikci, 2018), stres (Hackett, Poole, Hunt, Panagi, & Steptoe, 2019), dan kecemasan (Narchal, 2017). Hal ini dibuktikan dalam penelitian kami yang menunjukkan bahwa kesepian berkorelasi positif dengan dengan kondisi distres psikologis lainnya.…”

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Kebersyukuran, Kesepian, Dan Distres Psikologis Pada Mahasiswa Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Fathoni

Listiyandini²

2021

JPSP

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan antara kebersyukuran, kesepian, dan kondisi kesehatan mental pada mahasiswa di masa pandemi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan dengan teknik analisis uji korelasi. Teknik sampling yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah convenience sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah adaptasi DASS-21 untuk mengukur distres psikologis, skala kebersyukuran untuk mengukur rasa syukur, dan adaptasi skala UCLA-3 Loneliness Scale untuk mengukur kesepian. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa kebersyukuran berkorelasi negatif dan signifikan dengan distres psikologis (depresi, kecemasan, dan stres) maupun kesepian pada mahasiswa. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa semakin tinggi kebersyukuran yang dimiliki oleh mahasiswa, maka semakin rendah gejala depresi, stres, kecemasan, dan kesepian yang dialami. Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat sebagai acuan untuk tenaga pendidik untuk memberikan sosialisasi, pendampingan, dan penurunan beban perkuliahan kepada responden sehingga diharapkan mampu menjaga stabilitas emosi mahasiswa mampu terkendali.

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Loneliness and Anxiety Sensitivity: Understanding Behavioural Avoidance in the Lonely

Cited by 5 publications

References 38 publications

Perceived Impact of Quarantine on Loneliness, Death Obsession, and Preoccupation With God: Predictors of Increased Fear of COVID-19

Perceived Impact of Quarantine on Loneliness, Death Obsession, and Preoccupation With God: Predictors of Increased Fear of COVID-19

Predictors of loneliness among the left-behind children of migrant workers in Indonesia

Kebersyukuran, Kesepian, Dan Distres Psikologis Pada Mahasiswa Di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

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