Loneliness and patterns of self-disclosure.

Solano, Cecilia H.; Batten, Phillip G.; Parish, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1037//0022-3514.43.3.524

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“…However, three items, namely, concerns about social interaction, physical health, and cognitive function, showed no significant association. Although several prior studies indicated that an adequate amount of selfdisclosure is important for maintaining mental health [17,[20][21][22], it was suggested that participants who self-disclose may have more concerns in their daily lives, and that this does not necessarily lead to subjective well-being among community-dwelling older adults. Finally, after confirming the inter-item correlations, six of the patterns exhibited high correlation coefficients, leading to the removal of three items.…”

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“…People with higher self-esteem are mentally stable and able to self-disclose without becoming anxious and defensive [17]. Additionally, self-disclosure is negatively associated with a sense of loneliness [21,22]. Those who feel lonely are less likely to self-disclose and may have trouble developing social relationships [22].…”

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“…Additionally, self-disclosure is negatively associated with a sense of loneliness [ 21 , 22 ]. Those who feel lonely are less likely to self-disclose and may have trouble developing social relationships [ 22 ]. One meta-analysis revealed that women disclosed slightly more than men, although the target had a relationship with the discloser (i.e., friend, parent, or spouse) [ 23 ].…”

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Development of the Self-Assessment Self-Disclosure Questionnaire to Examine the Association between Self-Disclosure and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan

Yokoyama,

Ihira,

Matsuzaki-Kihara

et al. 2024

Geriatrics

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Self-disclosure is the attitude of communicating one’s experiences and condition to others and is an indicator of mental health and an open personality. Frailty, characterized by reduced physical and psychological resistance, predicts the incidence of dependency and mortality. Although low self-disclosure may be associated with frailty, there is no scale to measure older adults’ self-disclosure. This cross-sectional study assessed the validity of a self-assessment self-disclosure questionnaire and examined the association between the content of self-disclosures to friends and acquaintances and frailty among community-dwelling older adults. A total of 237 adults aged ≥65 in Japan were surveyed using a mailed self-administered questionnaire in 2021. The self-disclosure scale consisted of 10 items and showed adequate validity. Participants were classified into a robust group (n = 117, women 57.3%) and a frailty group (n = 120, women 73.3%) using the Kihon Checklist. After adjusting for covariates, multivariate-adjusted logistic regression models revealed frailty was associated with lower self-disclosure of recent positive events, motivation and strengths (indicating strong points) in life, relationships with family and relatives, experiences of work and social activities, and financial status. The proposed questionnaire must still be further tested in other populations, but our initial results may contribute to preventing frailty and improving mental health among community-dwelling older adults.

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Development of the Self-Assessment Self-Disclosure Questionnaire to Examine the Association between Self-Disclosure and Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan

Yokoyama,

Ihira,

Matsuzaki-Kihara

et al. 2024

Geriatrics

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“…[ 51 – 53 ] It has been found that lonely people tend to talk less, have lower levels of engagement and attention, and are less able to express themselves. [ 54 , 55 ] It has also been found that lonely people are more likely to be relationally inadequate and consequently spend less time in social activities and more time alone. [ 53 ] When it comes to mobile communication, it has been concluded that the main purpose of the cell phone is to eliminate loneliness, which is the primary anxiety of human beings, by enabling people at 2 different points to communicate.…”

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Nomophobia, loneliness and depressive symptom levels of adults living in a district of Türkiye

Güveli,

Balci,

Bayraktar

2024

Medicine

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This study was conducted to evaluate whether smart cell phones detach people from social life, make them lonely, cause depressive symptoms and whether there is a relationship between them. This is a cross-sectional study using face-to-face survey method. The sample was determined as 376 participants, with 95% confidence interval, 50% probability depending on the probability of having a smartphone or not. Participants in the sample were determined by systematic random sampling from adults aged 20 and over in Çiftlik district of Niğde province. The NMP-Q, DASS-42 and UCLA-LS were used. The median age of the 376 participants (192 male, 184 female) was 30 and the mean age was 32.0 (±10.94) years. Participants that had social media accounts were 68.9% of the population. Over 70% of the participants had mild, moderate or severe nomophobia. Nomophobia status of the participants was affected by the mean duration of the first-time smartphone use (P = .017), the mean daily smartphone usage time of the participants (P < .001), the mean number of smartphone users in the participants’ families (P = .003), the mean depression and stress scores of the participants (P < .001), having social media account (P = .001), and declaration of smart phone dependency (P = .005). Nomophobia status was not affected by participants’ gender, mean age, educational level, employment status, economic status and marital status (P > .05). The duration of daily smartphone use, the duration of first-time smartphone use, and having multiple smartphone users in family increased nomophobia. Also, having active social media accounts and self-reported smartphone addiction found correlated to nomophobia. Smartphone addiction increases depression, anxiety, and stress scores of the participants.

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