Loneliness has been linked cross-sectionally to emotional skill deficits (e.g., Zysberg, 2012), but missing from the literature is a longitudinal examination of these relationships. The present study fills that gap by examining the prospective relationships between loneliness and emotional functioning in young adolescents in England. One hundred and ninety-six adolescents aged 11-13 years (90 f...

OBJECTIVES This study examines the effects of own and spousal disability on social and emotional loneliness among married adults aged 65 and older. METHOD Data from 710 men and 379 women of a Dutch community sample were analyzed with linear regression analyses. RESULTS For men, only their wives' disability was related to higher levels of social loneliness, whereas for women mainly their own...

God says in the Book of Genesis, "It is not good that man should be alone," and decides to make a fitting companion for him. The Old Testament discourses at length about the benefits of fruitful multiplying, and about the intricate attachments and intrigues between men and women, parents and children, friends and kin. Modern evolutionary biologists, who have developed their own creation story, ...

Loneliness is a distressing state indicating that one's basic need for social connection is not being met. In an effort to satisfy the need for social connection, loneliness may increase the processing of social cues and desire to connect with others. Yet the neural substrates that contribute to the drive for increased connection in response to loneliness are not known. The ventral striatum (VS...

Objectives: In the scientific literature on aging, a recent core issue has been the role of individuals' internal and external resources, which are considered intrinsically connected, in contributing synergistically to physical and psychological quality of life (QoL). The current study investigates the way in which psychological factors-such as, loneliness, resilience, and mental states, in ter...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prospective association between daily feelings of loneliness and subsequent feelings of daytime dysfunction indicative of poor sleep quality. DESIGN Three consecutive end-of-day diaries were completed by a population-based sample of 215 adults (mean age = 57.5 years, SD = 4.4). Diary questions probed sleep duration, daytime dysfunction (i.e., fatigue, low energy, sleep...

Emerging adulthood, between the ages of 18 and 25, as a distinct developmental stage extending from adolescence to young adulthood. The proportions composing the five-factor model are neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. In the literature, there is any study which includes the relationship between emerging adults’ loneliness and personality tr...

Loneliness is a serious concern in aging populations. The key risk factors include poor health, depression, poor material circumstances, and low social participation and social support. Oral disease and tooth loss have a significant negative impact on the quality of life and well-being of older adults. However, there is a lack of studies relating oral health to loneliness. This study investigat...

OBJECTIVES This study examines whether patterns of social network size, functional social support, and loneliness are different for older persons with different types of chronic diseases. METHODS In a community-based sample of 2,788 men and women age 55 to 85 years participating in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, chronic diseases status, social network size, support exchanges, and lon...