This study examined loneliness and its associations with social functioning in children across different historical times and contexts in China. We collected data from urban and rural groups of school-age children (N = 2,588; M age = 10 years) using self-reports and peer assessments. The results indicated that children in 2002 and 2005 urban groups had lower scores on loneliness than did childr...

OBJECTIVES Despite increases in social support following widowhood, loneliness is among the most frequently reported challenges of bereavement. This analysis explores the dynamic relationship between social support and loneliness among recently bereaved older adults. METHODS Using longitudinal data from "Living After Loss" (n = 328), latent growth curve modeling was used to estimate changes i...

I once met a retired, twice divorced commissioning engineer who told me that ‘To be lonely is like losing your sight – I don’t think that anybody who is not in that situation can understand it.’ There are many elderly people who find themselves in the same situation as the man I met, especially because more people are living longer as a result of improvements in science, technology and social c...

INTRODUCTION The current research was conducted to examine the effect of "Loneliness", on time spent in Social Networking Sites (S.N.S), main reasons for S.N.S use, and its related behaviors. MATERIALS & METHODS 156 students of Shiraz University voluntarily participated in this research. Loneliness was assessed usingthe UCLA Loneliness scale. 25% of highest scoring students reported that they...

Among other things, the analysis presented in this chapter shows that: • People aged 80 and older are the most vulnerable to loneliness. • More women than men report feeling lonely, but this difference lessens with age and for those over 80 years old it remains notable only on the ‘feel lack of companionship’ dimension of loneliness. • There is a socio-economic gradient in loneliness. • Living ...

Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers (MWs) who are employed in service industry are a rapidly growing population in urban China. Like other MWs, service industry MWs (SIMWs) are generally excluded from the mainstream of city societies, but unlike other MWs, they are more marginalized in cities. Social isolation increases the feelings of loneliness; however, there are little empirical data on ...

Loneliness has been associated with increased Internet use. Lonely individuals may be drawn online because of the increased potential for companionship, the changed social interaction patterns online, and as a way to modulate negative moods associated with loneliness. Online, social presence and intimacy levels can be controlled; users can remain invisible as they observe others’ interactions, ...

Loneliness was one the most important matters during The Covid Pandemic. This paper claims that this “lonely situation” a previous cultural condition. belongs to certain style of life Western Culture as an effect way living last decades. For purpose, we will show loneliness has been researched 70 years, which is mostly from psychological and emotional point view. On opposite, 2 reasonings decla...