This study examined the association of social anxiety, loneliness, and problematic Internet use (PIU) with the online solicitation of minors. Within a convenience sample of adult Internet users from Germany, Finland, and Sweden ( N = 2,828), we compared the responses of participants who had not interacted sexually with strangers online ( n = 2,049) with participants who sexually interacted with...

Childhood loneliness is characterised by children’s perceived dissatisfaction with aspects of their social relationships. This 8-year prospective study investigates whether loneliness in childhood predicts depressive symptoms in adolescence, controlling for early childhood indicators of emotional problems and a sociometric measure of peer social preference. 296 children were tested in the infan...

Dominant theoretical approaches in loneliness research emphasize the value of personality characteristics in explaining loneliness. The present study examines whether dysfunctional social strategies and attributions in lonely adolescents can be explained by personality characteristics. A questionnaire survey was conducted with 379 Danish Grade 8 students (M = 14.1 years, SD = 0.4) from 22 geogr...

Loneliness is a complex emotion that impacts upon an individual’s sense of social-relatedness, health and wellbeing. While a large amount of scholarship has tackled the issue of chronic loneliness, the issue of transient loneliness has thus far not received significant attention in academic research. In this position paper, we discuss the role that technology may play in ameliorating experience...

Loneliness and social isolation are separate but closely related concepts, whereby loneliness is related to an individual’s subjective evaluation of their social situation, whereas social isolation is an objective appraisal of the extent of an individual’s network [1]. However, this distinction is rarely made by community organizations and groups. Considered together they are associated with po...

BACKGROUND Loneliness involves subjective, rather than objective, social isolation and has a range of negative effects on mental and physical functioning. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of loneliness in psychotic disorders and its association with symptoms and cognitive performance. METHOD Data were drawn from the second Australian National Survey of Psychosis and com...

according to the widespread interest students in social networks, study of user' traits as antecedents of social networks addiction given special importance,study of user' traits as antecedents of social networks addiction given special importance. the aim of current research was prediction of social networks addiction on the basis of student' loneliness and self-esteem. research...

The authors report a narrative literature review of 33 intervention studies designed to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older adults. Loneliness and social isolation are related but separable constructs, and the outcomes included in the review are also related but separable. The authors conclude that there is “substantial heterogeneity in the interventions delivered” (p. 2) and that “...