Mitigating loneliness with companion robots in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: an integrative framework and research agenda

G Odekerken-Schröder, C Mele… - Journal of Service …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Loneliness and isolation are on the rise, globally threatening the well-being across
age groups; global social distancing measures during the COVID-19 crisis have intensified …

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation

RF Baumeister, MR Leary - Interpersonal development, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is
evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is for frequent, nonaversive …

Facing loneliness and anxiety during the COVID-19 isolation: the role of excessive social media use in a sample of Italian adults

V Boursier, F Gioia, A Musetti, A Schimmenti - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted people to face a
distressing and unexpected situation. Uncertainty and social distancing changed people's …

Influence of parasocial relationship between digital celebrities and their followers on followers' purchase and electronic word-of-mouth intentions, and persuasion …

K Hwang, Q Zhang - Computers in human behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Marketers recognize digital celebrities' advertising power and effectiveness, making them
influential models of social media advertising. The concept of parasocial relationships may …

Loneliness and the Big Five personality traits: A meta–analysis

S Buecker, M Maes, JJA Denissen… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This preregistered meta–analysis (k= 113, total n= 93 668) addressed how the Big Five
dimensions of personality (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism …

How loneliness is talked about in social media during COVID-19 pandemic: Text mining of 4,492 Twitter feeds

JX Koh, TM Liew - Journal of psychiatric research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Loneliness is a public health problem that is expected to rise during the COVID-
19 pandemic, given the widespread policy of quarantine. The literature is unclear whether …

Smartphone addiction and associated consequences: Role of loneliness and self-regulation

S Mahapatra - Behaviour & Information Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The 'smartphone addiction'is a popular theme in media. It has number of clear behavioural
changes in addicts' life and some of these aspects are yet to get due research attention. The …

Loneliness and its association with social media use during the COVID-19 outbreak

T Bonsaksen, M Ruffolo, J Leung, D Price… - Social Media+ …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Social distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic changed social interaction for many
and increased the risk of loneliness in the general population. Social media use has been …

Emotional well-being under conditions of lockdown: An experience sampling study in Austria during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Stieger, D Lewetz, V Swami - Journal of happiness studies, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant lockdown measures present
serious threats to emotional well-being worldwide. Here, we examined the extent to which …

Loneliness, living alone, and all-cause mortality: The role of emotional and social loneliness in the elderly during 19 years of follow-up

PS O'Súilleabháin, S Gallagher… - Psychosomatic …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective The aims of the study were to examine the predictive value of social and emotional
loneliness for all-cause mortality in the oldest-old who do and do not live alone and to test …