Loneliness is a subjective distressing feeling of being disconnected from a desired group or intimate relationship. Most children and adolescents experience loneliness at some time but for 10-20% of young people it can be severe and chronic. While there are many avenues for help for distressed young people, such as friends and family as well as the professional help of counselors and psychologi...

The objective of the studies presented in this paper was to examine whether the need to belong can be used to enhance exercise cognitions and behavior. Two studies examined the effectiveness of framing exercise as a means of boosting social skills (versus health benefits) for self-regulatory efficacy, exercise intentions, and (in Study 2) exercise behavior. In Study 1, inactive adults primed to...

Abstract Loneliness is commonly conceived of as a topic under the purview psychology. Empirical research on loneliness utilizes definition psychology essentially subjective, i.e. first-personal mental property an individual can have. As property, subjects have, it were, privileged access to their state being lonely. Rehearsing some well-known arguments from later Wittgenstein, I argue that – co...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a source of mental stress, particularly for special populations. present study identified the associations between emotional distress and HIV status among adults in 152 countries during first wave pandemic. This was cross-sectional that gathered data via an online survey carried out July December 2020. dependent variable (frustration/boredom, anxiety, depression, loneli...

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a relationship between loneliness and self-disclosure in social networking sites (i.e., Facebook). The study collected data from six hundred and sixteen (616) female Facebook users whose profiles were publicly available online. Out of these 616 Facebook users, half (308) were categorised as ‘connected’ and the remaining 308 users were catego...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationships between loneliness, social and health behaviors, health, and mortality among older adults in China. METHOD Data came from a nationally representative sample of 14,072 adults aged 65 and older from the 2002, 2005, and 2008 waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. A cross-lagged model combined with survival analysis was used to assess t...

Loneliness is a complex feeling associated with socio-emotional adjustment difficulties, particularly during adolescence. Such construct often treated as unidimensional rather than multidimensional, moreover, studies consisting of both peer and family contexts, are very scarce. Adopting multidimensional person-centered approach, our study aimed to identify distinct clusters adolescents similar ...

Compared to clinical work, microscopy is a solitary activity, but pathologists do not often complain of feeling lonely. Our microscopy sessions tend to be interrupted regularly by friendly biomedical scientist colleagues bringing us glass slides and if we work in large centres a substantial amount of time is spent one-to-one with registrars who are heavily supervised. We also tend to be in and ...