Loneliness in midlife: Historical increases and elevated levels in the United States compared with Europe.

FJ Infurna, NEY Dey, T Gonzalez Avilés… - American …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Loneliness is gaining attention globally as a public health issue because elevated
loneliness increases one's risk for depression, compromised immunity, chronic illness, and …

Estimating the prevalence of social and emotional loneliness across the adult lifespan

A Manoli, J McCarthy, R Ramsey - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Loneliness is associated with detrimental consequences for mental and physical health.
Even though loneliness affects people of all ages, very few studies have examined its …

Do we become more lonely with age? A coordinated data analysis of nine longitudinal studies

EK Graham, ED Beck, K Jackson… - Psychological …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Loneliness is a pervasive experience with adverse impacts on health and well-being.
Despite its significance, notable gaps impede a full understanding of how loneliness …

Late-life loneliness in 11 European countries: results from the generations and gender survey

T Hansen, B Slagsvold - Social Indicators Research, 2016 - Springer
This study explores country differences in late-life loneliness in Europe among men and
women and establishes the role of micro-level differences in socioeconomic status, health …

Association of cumulative loneliness with all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 1996 to 2019

X Yu, TC Cho, AC Westrick, C Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Loneliness is a growing public health concern worldwide. We characterized the association
between cumulative loneliness and subsequent all-cause mortality, using data from 9,032 …

Life Events and Loneliness Transitions Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults Around the World

MG Sheftel, R Margolis… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Adult loneliness is a substantial social problem and a growing point of concern
for policymakers around the world. We assess whether the predictors of loneliness onset …

Longitudinal analyses indicate bidirectional associations between loneliness and health

DM Phillips, D Finkel, AJ Petkus, E Muñoz… - Aging & mental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives To evaluate temporal dynamics between loneliness and both objective and
subjective health (ie functional impairment and self-rated health) in mid-to late-adulthood …

The silent epidemic of loneliness: Identifying the antecedents of loneliness using a lagged exposure-wide approach

JH Hong, JS Nakamura, SS Sahakari… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundA large and accumulating body of evidence shows that loneliness is detrimental
for various health and well-being outcomes. However, less is known about potentially …

Loneliness, health, and mortality in old age: A national longitudinal study

Y Luo, LC Hawkley, LJ Waite, JT Cacioppo - Social science & medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examined the relationship between loneliness, health, and mortality using a US
nationally representative sample of 2101 adults aged 50 years and over from the 2002 to …

Risk factors for loneliness: The high relative importance of age versus other factors

B Shovestul, J Han, L Germine, D Dodell-Feder - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Loneliness is a potent predictor of negative health outcomes, making it important to identify
risk factors for loneliness. Though extant studies have identified characteristics associated …