Understanding loneliness in the twenty-first century: an update on correlates, risk factors, and potential solutions

Lim, Michelle H.; Eres, Robert; Vasan, Shradha

doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01889-7

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“…Peer review and provenance knowledge about what works to address these issues. 18,19 The types of interventions that have been reported in the literature include befriending schemes (often delivered by volunteers), one-to-one and group therapies to address relationship difficulties, shared activity programs (e.g. exercise, adult learning etc.)…”

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

Smith¹,

Lim²

2020

Public Health Res Pract

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

Smith¹,

Lim²

2020

Public Health Res Pract

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“…Regarding our third proposed factor, loneliness (defined as the perception of discrepancy between actual and desired levels of social relationships; Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991;Valtorta & Hanratty, 2012) the literature showed that loneliness has a direct association with QoL, demonstrating that lonely individuals have a poor level of QoL (Cacioppo et al, 2006;Cacioppo, Hawkley & Thisted, 2010). Indeed, social isolation is a factor that could increase loneliness (Lim, Eres & Vasan, 2020). During the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, the young population has experienced home-quarantine and the closing of many normal activities such as bars and cafes, meetings in public and the closing of schools, directly limiting the number of social interactions amongst young people.…”

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Psychosocial variables and quality of life during the COVID-19 lockdown: a correlational study on a convenience sample of young Italians

Lardone

Sorrentino

Giancamilli

et al. 2020

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Background In 2020, to limit the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), many countries, including Italy, have issued a lengthy quarantine period for the entire population. For this reason lifestyle has changed, bringing inevitable repercussions to the Quality of Life (QoL). The present study aims to identify which psychosocial variables predict behaviors capable of affecting the QoL during the lockdown period, potentially highlighting factors that might promote well-being and health in the Italian population during the epidemic. Methods Between 27 April 2020 and 11 May 2020, we administered a web-survey to a sample of young Italian people (age M = 21.2; SD = 3.5; female = 57.7% of the sample). Employing variance-based structural equation modeling, we attempted to identify whether social connectedness, social support, and loneliness were variables predictive of the QoL of young Italians. We also sought to identify specific psychological factors, such as symbolic threat, realistic threat, and the threat from potentially contaminated objects, was correlated to COVID-19 fear and whether engaging in particular behaviors was likely to improve the QoL. Results Our results suggest that social connectedness and loneliness are significant predictors of QoL, while social support did not have a significant effect on QoL. Furthermore, we observed that symbolic and realistic threats and the threat from potentially contaminated objects are significant and positive predictors of COVID-19 fear. Moreover, COVID-19 fear had significant and positive relationships with the carrying out of specific behaviors, such as creative activities during the isolation period and that this related to affirming individuals’ country-specific identity. Finally, COVID-19 fear is a significant predictor of behavioral factors related to the adherence to public health advice in line with national guidance regarding the containment of COVID-19; this factor, however, did not correlate with QoL. Conclusion Our results suggest the importance of social context and psychological factors to help devise intervention strategies to improve the QoL during lockdown from epidemic events and, in particular, support the importance of promoting social communication and accurate information about the transmission of the virus.

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“…The construct of loneliness is complex and it may have different causes and manifestations across individuals ( Lim et al., 2020 ). Clearly, social isolation is one factor that increases loneliness in some people.…”

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Three months of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown

Killgore

Cloonan

Taylor

et al. 2020

Psychiatry Research

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The majority of the U.S. population has been under stay-at-home restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 since March 2020. Over the first three months of restrictions, 3,121 U.S. adults completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale-3 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Despite relaxation of lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders over that time, loneliness scores increased significantly, particularly from April to May 2020, and appear to have plateaued by June. Loneliness was correlated with depression and suicidal ideation at all time points and was most prevalent among individuals who reported that they were still under community restrictions to socially isolate due to the novel coronavirus. Loneliness remains elevated despite the reopening of many communities.

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Understanding loneliness in the twenty-first century: an update on correlates, risk factors, and potential solutions

Cited by 222 publications

References 165 publications

How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

How the COVID-19 pandemic is focusing attention on loneliness and social isolation

Psychosocial variables and quality of life during the COVID-19 lockdown: a correlational study on a convenience sample of young Italians

Three months of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown

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