Loneliness - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/loneliness/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:06:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Loneliness - AllPsych https://allpsych.com/tag/loneliness/ 32 32 We are More Lonely than Ever. Find out Why and How to Counter It. https://allpsych.com/we-are-more-lonely-than-ever-find-out-why-and-how-to-counter-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-are-more-lonely-than-ever-find-out-why-and-how-to-counter-it Wed, 28 Jun 2023 19:39:56 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=93185 We are more connected and more lonely than ever. And this seems to be true across sex, age, race, and income. The COVID-19 pandemic has played a significant role in fostering disconnection among individuals, leading many of us to be less inclined to re-engage socially at the same level as before. Loneliness doesn't typically travel…

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]]> What Do Loneliness and Living Alone Mean for Health Later in Life? https://allpsych.com/what-do-loneliness-and-living-alone-mean-for-health-later-in-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-do-loneliness-and-living-alone-mean-for-health-later-in-life Wed, 22 May 2019 23:41:58 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2074 We all know what “loneliness” means, but defining it in a precise way gets a little tricky. For starters, being lonely isn’t exactly the same as being alone. And loneliness isn’t quite the same as social isolation either. When you get down to it, loneliness is about how you feel. Psychologists talk about two kinds…

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]]> “Popular” Teens May Be Lonelier https://allpsych.com/popular-teens-may-be-lonelier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=popular-teens-may-be-lonelier Fri, 28 Dec 2018 17:00:51 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1875 Along with the changes of adolescence comes an increased desire to be “popular.” But teenagers who aspire to high levels of social prestige might want to be careful what they wish for. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that, paradoxically, popularity and loneliness tend to go together in adolescence. In…

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]]> Quality Might Matter More Than Quantity in Loneliness https://allpsych.com/quality-might-matter-more-than-quantity-in-loneliness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quality-might-matter-more-than-quantity-in-loneliness Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:56:10 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1761 Loneliness has a bad rap, and it’s not entirely undeserved. The emotion of loneliness has been linked to both physical and mental health problems. As I wrote last year, for example, loneliness might contribute to the onset of depression. Not all loneliness is created equal, though. A new study suggests that some types of loneliness…

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