This study aims at testing the relation between emerging adults’ preference for solitude, social competence, self-esteem on one side and depression other with mediating role of loneliness. The group is composed students that were studying various faculties state universities in Turkey 2019-2020 Academic Year determined by easily convenience sampling. 508 students, 279 whom female 229 male, part...

Adults with ID/DD live in increasingly small community settings, where the risk of loneliness may be greater. We examined self-reported loneliness among 1,002 individuals with ID/DD from 5 states in relation to community residence size, personal characteristics, social contact, and social climate. One third reported being lonely sometimes and one sixth said they were often lonely, but lonelines...

OBJECTIVES Loneliness is a biopsychosocial determinant of health and contributes to physical and psychological chronic illnesses, functional decline, and mortality in older adults. This paper presents the results of the first randomized trial of LISTEN, which is a new cognitive behavioral intervention for loneliness, on loneliness, neuroimmunological stress response, psychosocial functioning, q...

BACKGROUND Loneliness is a significant psychosocial effect following a cancer diagnosis and may prevent people from engaging in social activities, thus creating difficulties in interpersonal relationships. This study investigated loneliness and social support among cognitively intact nursing home residents with cancer by using a quantitatively driven mixed-methods design with sequential supplem...

Loneliness is a pervasive global health concern and plethora of studies have linked it to high mortality morbidity psychological problems, such as depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety. Furthermore, growing evidence suggests that loneliness bi-dimensional construct made up two related but distinct categories; social emotional loneliness. In order inform future intervention strategies aid clini...

Problematic smartphone usage, associated with impaired daily functioning, has gained increased attention among researchers. However, extant research is focusing on adolescents and younger adults. This paper investigates usage older adults, of which less known. To do so, we conducted a cross-sectional survey 154 users (60+ years) in Norway using structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). We examine...

Background At present, the mental health of rural left-behind children is a major social problem in China. Internet addiction, social anxiety, and loneliness are common psychological and behavioral problems among rural left-behind children, but the relationships among these issues have not been clearly identified. Methods A total of 432 junior year 1 to senior year 3 students were randomly se...

We examined the relation of overt and relational victimization to depressive symptoms, fear of negative evaluation (FNE), social avoidance, and loneliness in a sample of Hispanic and African-American children. The Social Experience Questionnaire, Children’s Depression Inventory, Social Anxiety Scale for Children— Revised, and Asher Loneliness Scale were administered to 190 children in the fifth...