Investigación

Las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en materia de soledad han hecho evidente el impacto negativo que la soledad tiene sobre la salud. Gracias a ellas sabemos que las personas con relaciones sociales pobres tienen mayor riesgo de enfermedad coronaria, enfermedad cerebral vascular o demencia entre otros trastornos. Es también mediante la investigación que se diseñan y se evalúa programas de intervención para mejorar la situación de soledad y evitar sus consecuencias negativas.

Desde la Asociación Española Contra la Soledad también nos ocupamos de la soledad como objeto de estudio científico, tanto en su vertiente sanitaria como social. 

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Líneas de investigación

Nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación y soledad

¿Qué hay de cierto en la paradoja de sentirnos más aislados que nunca en un mundo hiperconectado? ¿Es verdad que el uso de las redes sociales contribuye a incrementar la sensación de soledad? O, al contrario: ¿la conexión social digital permite mitigar este sentimiento en las personas que viven solas? Entra y conoce las conclusiones de nuestros trabajos.

Soledad y fragilidad

Varios estudios longitudinales europeos han mostrado que la soledad de las personas mayores aumenta el desarrollo de fragilidad, la cual está relacionada con una mayor dependencia, institucionalización y muerte. Estos resultados contribuyen a entender la relación entre los aspectos sociales y físicos de la salud y a destacar la importancia de las acciones preventivas para una vejez con calidad de vida. ¿En qué consisten estas acciones? ¿Qué impacto tienen sobre la soledad y la fragilidad?

Otras evidencias científicas

2021

Shefaly Shorey, Valerie Chan (2021) The experiences and needs of Asian older adults who are socially isolated and lonely: A qualitative systematic review., Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 92, p. 104254, doi:10.1016/j.archger.2020.104254

2020

Ida Skytte Jakobsen, Lykke Mie Riis Madsen, Martin Mau, Odin Hjemdal, Oddgeir Friborg (2020) The relationship between resilience and loneliness elucidated by a Danish version of the resilience scale for adults., BMC psychology 8(1), p. 131, doi:10.1186/s40359-020-00493-3

Josca van Houwelingen-Snippe, Thomas J L van Rompay, Menno D T de Jong, Somaya Ben Allouch (2020) Does Digital Nature Enhance Social Aspirations? An Experimental Study., International journal of environmental research and public health 17(4), doi:10.3390/ijerph17041454

Renate Willems, Constance Drossaert, Patricia Vuijk (2020) Impact of Crisis Line Volunteering on Mental Wellbeing and the Associated Factors: A Systematic Review., International journal of environmental research and public health 17(5), doi:10.3390/ijerph17051641

Hsiu-Hsin Tsai, Ching-Yu Cheng, Wann-Yun Shieh, Yue-Cune Chang (2020) Effects of a smartphone-based videoconferencing program for older nursing home residents on depression, loneliness, and quality of life: a quasi-experimental study., BMC geriatrics 20(1), p. 27, doi:10.1186/s12877-020-1426-2

Dar Meshi, Shelia R Cotten, Andrew R Bender (2020) Problematic Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study., Gerontology 66(2), p. 160-168, doi:10.1159/000502577

Michelle H Lim, Robert Eres, Shradha Vasan (2020) Understanding loneliness in the twenty-first century: an update on correlates, risk factors, and potential solutions., Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55(7), p. 793-810, doi:10.1007/s00127-020-01889-7

M H Lim, D L Penn, N Thomas, J F M Gleeson (2020) Is loneliness a feasible treatment target in psychosis?, Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55(7), p. 901-906, doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01731-9

Giorgi Beridze, Alba Ayala, Oscar Ribeiro, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Maria João Forjaz, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga (2020) Are Loneliness and Social Isolation Associated with Quality of Life in Older Adults? Insights from Northern and Southern Europe., International journal of environmental research and public health 17(22), doi:10.3390/ijerph17228637

María-Jesús Cava, Inés Tomás, Sofía Buelga, Laura Carrascosa (2020) Loneliness, Depressive Mood and Cyberbullying Victimization in Adolescent Victims of Cyber Dating Violence., International journal of environmental research and public health 17(12), doi:10.3390/ijerph17124269

Giovanni A Travaglino, Zhuo Li, Xingruo Zhang, Xian Lu, Hoon-Seok Choi (2020) We are all in this together: The role of individuals' social identities in problematic engagement with video games and the internet., The British journal of social psychology 59(2), p. 522-548, doi:10.1111/bjso.12365

Laura A Weiss, Martijn A H Oude Voshaar, Ernst T Bohlmeijer, Gerben J Westerhof (2020) The long and winding road to happiness: A randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness analysis of a positive psychology intervention for lonely people with health problems and a low socio-economic status., Health and quality of life outcomes 18(1), p. 162, doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01416-x

Anupam Joya Sharma, Malavika A Subramanyam (2020) Psychological wellbeing of middle-aged and older queer men in India: A mixed-methods approach., PloS one 15(3), p. e0229893, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229893

Cao Shan, Mudassir Hussain, Ghulam Raza Sargani (2020) A mix-method investigation on acculturative stress among Pakistani students in China., PloS one 15(10), p. e0240103, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240103

Michelle H Lim, John F M Gleeson, Thomas L Rodebaugh, Robert Eres, Katrina M Long, Kit Casey, Jo-Anne M Abbott, Neil Thomas, David L Penn (2020) A pilot digital intervention targeting loneliness in young people with psychosis., Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55(7), p. 877-889, doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01681-2

Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Mary Lou Chatterton, Jessica Bucholc, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Michelle H Lim, Lidia Engel (2020) The economic costs of loneliness: a review of cost-of-illness and economic evaluation studies., Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 55(7), p. 823-836, doi:10.1007/s00127-019-01733-7

Bridget Shovestul, Jiayin Han, Laura Germine, David Dodell-Feder (2020) Risk factors for loneliness: The high relative importance of age versus other factors., PloS one 15(2), p. e0229087, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229087

Norman Anderssen, Børge Sivertsen, Kari Jussie Lønning, Kirsti Malterud (2020) Life satisfaction and mental health among transgender students in Norway., BMC public health 20(1), p. 138, doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8228-5

2019

Tina Ten Bruggencate, Katrien G Luijkx, Janienke Sturm (2019) Friends or Frenemies? The Role of Social Technology in the Lives of Older People., International journal of environmental research and public health 16(24), doi:10.3390/ijerph16244969

Charlotte A Jones, Jodi Siever, Kate Knuff, Colin Van Bergen, Paul Mick, Jonathan Little, Gareth Jones, Mary-Ann Murphy, Donna Kurtz, Harry Miller (2019) Walk, Talk and Listen: a pilot randomised controlled trial targeting functional fitness and loneliness in older adults with hearing loss., BMJ open 9(4), p. e026169, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026169

Hatice Yildiz Durak, Süleyman Sadi Seferoğlu (2019) Modeling of variables related to problematic social media usage: Social desirability tendency example., Scandinavian journal of psychology 60(3), p. 277-288, doi:10.1111/sjop.12530

Xiying Li, Zuyu Tan, Ning Guo, Senqing Qi, Jingjin Shao (2019) The impact of effort-reward imbalance on loneliness of the elderly: the multiple mediation effect of social support and control belief in social domain., Journal of elder abuse & neglect 31(4-5), p. 294-306, doi:10.1080/08946566.2019.1663332

Anna Anåker, Lena von Koch, Ann Heylighen, Marie Elf (2019) "It's Lonely": Patients' Experiences of the Physical Environment at a Newly Built Stroke Unit., HERD 12(3), p. 141-152, doi:10.1177/1937586718806696

Reza Amini, Kyong Hee Chee, Maximiliano Mendieta, Shan Parker (2019) Online engagement and cognitive function among older adults., Geriatrics & gerontology international 19(9), p. 918-923, doi:10.1111/ggi.13749

Dekuo Liang, Mingjun Teng, Dawei Xu (2019) Impact of perceived social support on depression in Chinese rural-to-urban migrants: The mediating effects of loneliness and resilience., Journal of community psychology 47(7), p. 1603-1613, doi:10.1002/jcop.22215

Jongim Kim, Youngshin Song, Taehee Kim, Keumok Park (2019) Predictors of happiness among older Korean women living alone., Geriatrics & gerontology international 19(4), p. 352-356, doi:10.1111/ggi.13615

Richard P Wenzel (2019) RVU Medicine, Technology, and Physician Loneliness., The New England journal of medicine 380(4), p. 305-307, doi:10.1056/NEJMp1810688

Gary Cheung, Valerie Wright-St Clair, Emme Chacko, Yoram Barak (2019) Financial difficulty and biopsychosocial predictors of loneliness: A cross-sectional study of community dwelling older adults., Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 85, p. 103935, doi:10.1016/j.archger.2019.103935

Thanh P Le, Tovah Cowan, Elana K Schwartz, Brita Elvevåg, Terje B Holmlund, Peter W Foltz, Emma Barkus, Alex S Cohen (2019) The importance of loneliness in psychotic-like symptoms: Data from three studies., Psychiatry research 282, p. 112625, doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112625

Barbara Barbosa Neves, Rachel Franz, Rebecca Judges, Christian Beermann, Ron Baecker (2019) Can Digital Technology Enhance Social Connectedness Among Older Adults? A Feasibility Study., Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 38(1), p. 49-72, doi:10.1177/0733464817741369

Hui-Ying Chu, Mei-Fang Chen, Chun-Chin Tsai, Hui-Shan Chan, Tai-Liang Wu (2019) Efficacy of a horticultural activity program for reducing depression and loneliness in older residents of nursing homes in Taiwan., Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 40(4), p. 386-391, doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2018.12.012

Gillian A Matthews, Kay M Tye (2019) Neural mechanisms of social homeostasis., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1457(1), p. 5-25, doi:10.1111/nyas.14016

Mariana Pinto da Costa, Agnes Chevalier, Aida Farreny, Megan Cassidy, Monica Leverton, Sarah Toner, Stefan Priebe (2019) How would patients with psychosis like to be in contact with a volunteer: Face-to-face or digitally?, PloS one 14(5), p. e0216929, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216929

Mary Ann Jarvis, Anita Padmanabhanunni, Jennifer Chipps (2019) An Evaluation of a Low-Intensity Cognitive Behavioral Therapy mHealth-Supported Intervention to Reduce Loneliness in Older People., International journal of environmental research and public health 16(7), doi:10.3390/ijerph16071305

Mengfan Xia, Chunyu Yang (2019) The relationship among social support, self-esteem, affect balance and loneliness in individuals with substance use disorders in China., Journal of community psychology 47(5), p. 1269-1281, doi:10.1002/jcop.22190

Zi Zhou, Fanzhen Mao, Wei Zhang, Samuel D Jr Towne, Ping Wang, Ya Fang (2019) The Association Between Loneliness and Cognitive Impairment among Older Men and Women in China: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study., International journal of environmental research and public health 16(16), doi:10.3390/ijerph16162877

Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, David Nogueras, Hugo van Woerden, Vasiliki Kiparoglou (2019) Effectiveness of digital technology interventions to reduce loneliness in adults: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis., BMJ open 9(9), p. e032455, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032455

Astrid Kemperman, Pauline van den Berg, Minou Weijs-Perrée, Kevin Uijtdewillegen (2019) Loneliness of Older Adults: Social Network and the Living Environment., International journal of environmental research and public health 16(3), doi:10.3390/ijerph16030406

Chien-Lin Kuo, Shou-Yu Wang, Chuan-Hsiu Tsai, Yu-Fan Pan, Yeu-Hui Chuang (2019) Nurses' perceptions regarding providing psychological care for older residents in long-term care facilities: A qualitative study., International journal of older people nursing 14(3), p. e12242, doi:10.1111/opn.12242

Lisanne Bergefurt, Astrid Kemperman, Pauline van den Berg, Aloys Borgers, Peter van der Waerden, Gert Oosterhuis, Marco Hommel (2019) Loneliness and Life Satisfaction Explained by Public-Space Use and Mobility Patterns., International journal of environmental research and public health 16(21), doi:10.3390/ijerph16214282

Razak M Gyasi, Abigail Assuamah Yeboah, Charlotte Monica Mensah, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Evelyn Aboagye Addae (2019) Neighborhood, social isolation and mental health outcome among older people in Ghana., Journal of affective disorders 259, p. 154-163, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.024

Kjerstin Larsson, Veronika Wallroth, Agneta Schröder (2019) "You Never Get Used to Loneliness" - Older Adults' Experiences of Loneliness When Applying for Going on a Senior Summer Camp., Journal of gerontological social work 62(8), p. 892-911, doi:10.1080/01634372.2019.1687633

Emriye Hilal Yayan, Yeliz Suna Dağ, Mehmet Emin Düken (2019) The effects of technology use on working young loneliness and social relationships., Perspectives in psychiatric care 55(2), p. 194-200, doi:10.1111/ppc.12318

Dexing Zhang, Carmen Wong, Regina W S Sit, Wen Sun, Baoliang Zhong, Lu Niu, Dan Zou, Zijun Xu, Samuel Y S Wong (2019) Incontinence and loneliness among Chinese older adults with multimorbidity in primary care: A cross-sectional study., Journal of psychosomatic research 127, p. 109863, doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109863

Afsaneh Doryab, Daniella K Villalba, Prerna Chikersal, Janine M Dutcher, Michael Tumminia, Xinwen Liu, Sheldon Cohen, Kasey Creswell, Jennifer Mankoff, John D Creswell, Anind K Dey (2019) Identifying Behavioral Phenotypes of Loneliness and Social Isolation with Passive Sensing: Statistical Analysis, Data Mining and Machine Learning of Smartphone and Fitbit Data., JMIR mHealth and uHealth 7(7), p. e13209, doi:10.2196/13209

Yang Fang, Anson K C Chau, Helene H Fung, Jean Woo (2019) Loneliness Shapes the Relationship between Information and Communications Technology Use and Psychological Adjustment among Older Adults., Gerontology 65(2), p. 198-206, doi:10.1159/000495461

Hale Jafari, Abas Aghaei, Alireza Khatony (2019) The relationship between addiction to mobile phone and sense of loneliness among students of medical sciences in Kermanshah, Iran., BMC research notes 12(1), p. 676, doi:10.1186/s13104-019-4728-8

Kai Yang, Beckie Isaia, Laura J E Brown, Steve Beeby (2019) E-Textiles for Healthy Ageing., Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 19(20), doi:10.3390/s19204463

R P J Geerlings, L M C Gottmer-Welschen, J E M Machielse, A J A de Louw, A P Aldenkamp (2019) Failed transition to independence in young adults with epilepsy: The role of loneliness., Seizure 69, p. 207-212, doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2018.07.003

2018

Sara J Czaja, Walter R Boot, Neil Charness, Wendy A Rogers, Joseph Sharit (2018) Improving Social Support for Older Adults Through Technology: Findings From the PRISM Randomized Controlled Trial., The Gerontologist 58(3), p. 467-477, doi:10.1093/geront/gnw249

Rebecca Nowland, Elizabeth A Necka, John T Cacioppo (2018) Loneliness and Social Internet Use: Pathways to Reconnection in a Digital World?, Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 13(1), p. 70-87, doi:10.1177/1745691617713052

Gerben J Westerhof, Jojanneke Korte, Sander Eshuis, Ernst T Bohlmeijer (2018) Precious memories: a randomized controlled trial on the effects of an autobiographical memory intervention delivered by trained volunteers in residential care homes., Aging & mental health 22(11), p. 1494-1501, doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1376311

Jia Xue, Kai Lin, Ivan Y Sun, Jianhong Liu (2018) Information Communication Technologies and Intimate Partner Violence in China., International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 62(16), p. 4904-4922, doi:10.1177/0306624X18801500

Emily L L Sin, Ho-Ling Liu, Shwu-Hua Lee, Chih-Mao Huang, Yau-Yau Wai, Yao-Liang Chen, Chetwyn C H Chan, Chemin Lin, Tatia M C Lee (2018) The relationships between brain structural changes and perceived loneliness in older adults suffering from late-life depression., International journal of geriatric psychiatry 33(4), p. 606-612, doi:10.1002/gps.4831

Yat Yen, Yumin Shi, Bunly Soeung, Ratny Seng, Channy Dy, Rathny Suy, Kimlong Ngin (2018) The associated risk factors for underweight and overweight high school students in Cambodia., Diabetes & metabolic syndrome 12(5), p. 737-742, doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2018.04.016

Zi Zhou, Ping Wang, Ya Fang (2018) Loneliness and the risk of dementia among older Chinese adults: gender differences., Aging & mental health 22(4), p. 519-525, doi:10.1080/13607863.2016.1277976

Klara Jakobsen, Eva Magnus, Steinar Lundgren, Randi J Reidunsdatter (2018) Everyday life in breast cancer survivors experiencing challenges: A qualitative study., Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy 25(4), p. 298-307, doi:10.1080/11038128.2017.1335777

Anton Gollwitzer, Magdalena Wilczynska, Edo S Jaya (2018) Targeting the link between loneliness and paranoia via an interventionist-causal model framework., Psychiatry research 263, p. 101-107, doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.02.050

Natalie Cotterell, Tine Buffel, Christopher Phillipson (2018) Preventing social isolation in older people., Maturitas 113, p. 80-84, doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.04.014

Qiaolei Jiang, Yan Li, Volha Shypenka (2018) Loneliness, Individualism, and Smartphone Addiction Among International Students in China., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 21(11), p. 711-718, doi:10.1089/cyber.2018.0115

Bao-Liang Zhong, Yan-Min Xu, Jun-Hong Zhu, Xiu-Jun Liu (2018) Non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese heroin-dependent patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: Prevalence and associated factors., Drug and alcohol dependence 189, p. 161-165, doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.05.006

Joshua B Grubbs, Joshua A Wilt, Julie J Exline, Kenneth I Pargament (2018) Predicting pornography use over time: Does self-reported "addiction" matter?, Addictive behaviors 82, p. 57-64, doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.028

Bao-Liang Zhong, Xiu-Jun Liu, Wen-Cai Chen, Helen Fung-Kum Chiu, Yeates Conwell (2018) Loneliness in Chinese older adults in primary care: prevalence and correlates., Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society 18(5), p. 334-342, doi:10.1111/psyg.12325

Michelle H Lim, John F M Gleeson, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, David L Penn (2018) Loneliness in psychosis: a systematic review., Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 53(3), p. 221-238, doi:10.1007/s00127-018-1482-5

Linda Ejlskov, Jesper Wulff, Henrik Bøggild, Diana Kuh, Mai Stafford (2018) Assessing the relative importance of correlates of loneliness in later life. Gaining insight using recursive partitioning., Aging & mental health 22(11), p. 1486-1493, doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1370690

Andrea Poscia, Jovana Stojanovic, Daniele Ignazio La Milia, Mariusz Duplaga, Marcin Grysztar, Umberto Moscato, Graziano Onder, Agnese Collamati, Walter Ricciardi, Nicola Magnavita (2018) Interventions targeting loneliness and social isolation among the older people: An update systematic review., Experimental gerontology 102, p. 133-144, doi:10.1016/j.exger.2017.11.017

Jie Tang, Guowei Li, Baoxin Chen, Zhijie Huang, Yanmei Zhang, Hongjuan Chang, Chunxia Wu, Xiaoguang Ma, Jiaji Wang, Yizhen Yu (2018) Prevalence of and risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury in rural China: Results from a nationwide survey in China., Journal of affective disorders 226, p. 188-195, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.09.051

Sonam Zamir, Catherine Hagan Hennessy, Adrian H Taylor, Ray B Jones (2018) Video-calls to reduce loneliness and social isolation within care environments for older people: an implementation study using collaborative action research., BMC geriatrics 18(1), p. 62, doi:10.1186/s12877-018-0746-y

B Carter (2018) Letter to the Editor: Is poor sleep, and loneliness linked by increased use of technology?, Psychological medicine 48(5), p. 876-877, doi:10.1017/S0033291717002070

Omid Isanejad, Arezoo Bagheri (2018) Marital Quality, Loneliness, and Internet Infidelity., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 21(9), p. 542-548, doi:10.1089/cyber.2017.0602

Stephen Neville, Jeffery Adams, Jed Montayre, Peter Larmer, Nick Garrett, Christine Stephens, Fiona Alpass (2018) Loneliness in Men 60 Years and Over: The Association With Purpose in Life., American journal of men's health 12(4), p. 730-739, doi:10.1177/1557988318758807

Yu Tian, Zong Xin Guo, Jie Ru Shi, Yu Long Bian, Pi Guo Han, Peng Wang, Feng Qiang Gao (2018) Bidirectional Mediating Role of Loneliness in the Association Between Shyness and Generalized Pathological Internet Use in Chinese University Students: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis., The Journal of psychology 152(8), p. 529-547, doi:10.1080/00223980.2018.1468309

Liwei Jing, Yanpeng Jin, Xiaoli Zhang, Fenglan Wang, Yuyu Song, Fengmei Xing (2018) The effect of Baduanjin qigong combined with CBT on physical fitness and psychological health of elderly housebound., Medicine 97(51), p. e13654, doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000013654

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2017

Elodie Crétel-Durand, Emilie Nouguerède, Hervé Le Caer, Frédérique Rousseau, Frédérique Retornaz, Olivier Guillem, Anne-Laure Couderc, Laurent Greillier, Emmanuelle Norguet, Maud Cécile, Rabia Boulahssass, Francoise Le Caer, Sandrine Tournier, Chantal Butaud, Pierre Guillet, Sophie Nahon, Laure Poudens, Sylvie Kirscher, Sandrine Loubière, Nadine Diaz, Jean Dhorne, Pascal Auquier, Karine Baumstarck (2017) PREDOMOS study, impact of a social intervention program for socially isolated elderly cancer patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial., Trials 18(1), p. 174, doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1894-7

Noora J Ronkainen, Tatiana V Ryba (2017) Is hockey just a game? Contesting meanings of the ice hockey life projects through a career-threatening injury., Journal of sports sciences 35(10), p. 923-928, doi:10.1080/02640414.2016.1201211

Bao-Liang Zhong, Shu-Lin Chen, Xin Tu, Yeates Conwell (2017) Loneliness and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Findings From the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 72(1), p. 120-128, doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw037

Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes, Acary Souza Bulle de Oliveira, Tania Brusque Crocetta, Jennifer Yohanna Ferreira de Lima Antão, Renata Thais de Almeida Barbosa, Regiani Guarnieri, Thais Massetti, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Luiz Carlos de Abreu (2017) Computer classes and games in virtual reality environment to reduce loneliness among students of an elderly reference center: Study protocol for a randomised cross-over design., Medicine 96(10), p. e5954, doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000005954

Amie C Hayley, Luke A Downey, Con Stough, Børge Sivertsen, Marit Knapstad, Simon Øverland (2017) Social and emotional loneliness and self-reported difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep (DIMS) in a sample of Norwegian university students., Scandinavian journal of psychology 58(1), p. 91-99, doi:10.1111/sjop.12343

Yin Tian, Li Yang, Sifan Chen, Daqing Guo, Zechao Ding, Kin Yip Tam, Dezhong Yao (2017) Causal interactions in resting-state networks predict perceived loneliness., PloS one 12(5), p. e0177443, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177443

Jennifer Chipps, Mary Ann Jarvis, Suvira Ramlall (2017) The effectiveness of e-Interventions on reducing social isolation in older persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews., Journal of telemedicine and telecare 23(10), p. 817-827, doi:10.1177/1357633X17733773

Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Nicky Lambert, Ellouise Long, Dominique Brady (2017) Going solo: Findings from a survey of women aging without a partner and who do not have children., Journal of women & aging 29(4), p. 321-333, doi:10.1080/08952841.2016.1187544

Valerie A Wright-St Clair, Stephen Neville, Vanessa Forsyth, Lindsey White, Sara Napier (2017) Integrative review of older adult loneliness and social isolation in Aotearoa/New Zealand., Australasian journal on ageing 36(2), p. 114-123, doi:10.1111/ajag.12379

Shwu-Hua Lee, Yun-Fang Tsai, Yi-Wen Wang, Ying-Jen Chen, Hsiu-Hsin Tsai (2017) Development and psychometric testing of the triggers of Suicidal Ideation Inventory for assessing older outpatients in primary care settings., International journal of geriatric psychiatry 32(10), p. 1114-1121, doi:10.1002/gps.4574

Axel Agren (2017) What are we talking about? Constructions of loneliness among older people in the Swedish news-press., Journal of aging studies 41, p. 18-27, doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2017.03.002

Justin Lambert, Rouzbeh Ghadry-Tavi, Kate Knuff, Marc Jutras, Jodi Siever, Paul Mick, Carolyn Roque, Gareth Jones, Jonathan Little, Harry Miller, Colin Van Bergen, Donna Kurtz, Mary Ann Murphy, Charlotte Ann Jones (2017) Targeting functional fitness, hearing and health-related quality of life in older adults with hearing loss: Walk, Talk 'n' Listen, study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial., Trials 18(1), p. 47, doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1792-z

Gang Hao, Ghose Bishwajit, Shangfeng Tang, Changping Nie, Lu Ji, Rui Huang (2017) Social participation and perceived depression among elderly population in South Africa., Clinical interventions in aging 12, p. 971-976, doi:10.2147/CIA.S137993

Tamara Sims, Andrew E Reed, Dawn C Carr (2017) Information and Communication Technology Use Is Related to Higher Well-Being Among the Oldest-Old., The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 72(5), p. 761-770, doi:10.1093/geronb/gbw130

Martine M Goedendorp, Daphne Kuiper, Sijmen A Reijneveld, Robbert Sanderman, Nardi Steverink (2017) Sustaining program effectiveness after implementation: The case of the self-management of well-being group intervention for older adults., Patient education and counseling 100(6), p. 1177-1184, doi:10.1016/j.pec.2017.01.006

2016

Bao-Liang Zhong, Shu-Lin Chen, Yeates Conwell (2016) Effects of Transient Versus Chronic Loneliness on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Findings From the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey., The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 24(5), p. 389-398, doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2015.12.009

Gillian A Matthews, Edward H Nieh, Caitlin M Vander Weele, Sarah A Halbert, Roma V Pradhan, Ariella S Yosafat, Gordon F Glober, Ehsan M Izadmehr, Rain E Thomas, Gabrielle D Lacy, Craig P Wildes, Mark A Ungless, Kay M Tye (2016) Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons Represent the Experience of Social Isolation., Cell 164(4), p. 617-631, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.040

N M L Wong, H-L Liu, C Lin, C-M Huang, Y-Y Wai, S-H Lee, T M C Lee (2016) Loneliness in late-life depression: structural and functional connectivity during affective processing., Psychological medicine 46(12), p. 2485-2499, doi:10.1017/S0033291716001033

Johanna Petersen, Stephen Thielke, Daniel Austin, Jeffrey Kaye (2016) Phone behaviour and its relationship to loneliness in older adults., Aging & mental health 20(10), p. 1084-1091, doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1060947

Yi-Ru Regina Chen, Peter J Schulz (2016) The Effect of Information Communication Technology Interventions on Reducing Social Isolation in the Elderly: A Systematic Review., Journal of medical Internet research 18(1), p. e18, doi:10.2196/jmir.4596

Baoliang Zhong, Yanmin Xu, Dong Jin, Xiaowei Zou, Tiebang Liu (2016) Prevalence and correlates of loneliness among Chinese service industry migrant workers: A cross-sectional survey., Medicine 95(24), p. e3903, doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000003903

Briana Mezuk, Moon Choi, Amy S DeSantis, Stephen R Rapp, Ana V Diez Roux, Teresa Seeman (2016) Loneliness, Depression, and Inflammation: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis., PloS one 11(7), p. e0158056, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158056

Ilham Hashi (2016) Case Management Promotion of Social Media for the Elderly Who Live Alone., Professional case management 21(2), p. 82-87, doi:10.1097/NCM.0000000000000138

Mariska Stam, Jan H Smit, Jos W R Twisk, Ulrike Lemke, Cas Smits, Joost M Festen, Sophia E Kramer (2016) Change in Psychosocial Health Status Over 5 Years in Relation to Adults' Hearing Ability in Noise., Ear and hearing 37(6), p. 680-689, doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000332

Marit Skrove, Stian Lydersen, Marit S Indredavik (2016) Resilience factors may moderate the associations between pubertal timing, body mass and emotional symptoms in adolescence., Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) 105(1), p. 96-104, doi:10.1111/apa.13171

Hayley Robinson, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce MacDonald (2016) Group sessions with Paro in a nursing home: Structure, observations and interviews., Australasian journal on ageing 35(2), p. 106-112, doi:10.1111/ajag.12199

Donghee Yvette Wohn, Caleb T Carr, Rebecca A Hayes (2016) How Affective Is a "Like"?: The Effect of Paralinguistic Digital Affordances on Perceived Social Support., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 19(9), p. 562-566, doi:10.1089/cyber.2016.0162

Chung-Yi Chiu, Robert W Motl, Nicole Ditchman (2016) Validation of the Social Provisions Scale in people with multiple sclerosis., Rehabilitation psychology 61(3), p. 297-307, doi:10.1037/rep0000089

William J Chopik (2016) The Benefits of Social Technology Use Among Older Adults Are Mediated by Reduced Loneliness., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 19(9), p. 551-556, doi:10.1089/cyber.2016.0151

2015

Susan Elaine Squires (2015) To a Deeper Understanding of Loneliness amongst Older Irish Adults., Collegium antropologicum 39(2), p. 289-295

M Janse Van Vuuren, E Strodl, K M White, P Lockie (2015) Psychosocial presentation of revisional LAGB patients: a qualitative study., Clinical obesity 5(5), p. 273-280, doi:10.1111/cob.12113

Jessica Chesler, Suzanne McLaren, Britt Klein, Shaun Watson (2015) The effects of playing Nintendo Wii on depression, sense of belonging and social support in Australian aged care residents: a protocol study of a mixed methods intervention trial., BMC geriatrics 15, p. 106, doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0107-z

Sara J Czaja, Walter R Boot, Neil Charness, Wendy A Rogers, Joseph Sharit, Arthur D Fisk, Chin Chin Lee, Sankaran N Nair (2015) The personalized reminder information and social management system (PRISM) trial: rationale, methods and baseline characteristics., Contemporary clinical trials 40, p. 35-46, doi:10.1016/j.cct.2014.11.004

S Aarts, S T M Peek, E J M Wouters (2015) The relation between social network site usage and loneliness and mental health in community-dwelling older adults., International journal of geriatric psychiatry 30(9), p. 942-949, doi:10.1002/gps.4241

Erika Warpenius, Esko Alasaarela, Hannu Sorvoja, Matti Kinnunen (2015) A mobile user-interface for elderly care from the perspective of relatives., Informatics for health & social care 40(2), p. 113-124, doi:10.3109/17538157.2013.879148

Naomi Lee, Pieter van de Graaf, Emma Hopkins, Martin O'Flaherty (2015) Health of the UK population in 2040., Lancet (London, England) 386(9994), p. 643-644, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61491-X

2014

Fengjuan Zhang, Zhiqi You, Cuiying Fan, Chuang Gao, Robert Cohen, Yeh Hsueh, Zongkui Zhou (2014) Friendship quality, social preference, proximity prestige, and self-perceived social competence: interactive influences on children's loneliness., Journal of school psychology 52(5), p. 511-526, doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2014.06.001

Meg E Morris, Brooke Adair, Elizabeth Ozanne, William Kurowski, Kimberly J Miller, Alan J Pearce, Nick Santamaria, Maureen Long, Cameron Ventura, Catherine M Said (2014) Smart technologies to enhance social connectedness in older people who live at home., Australasian journal on ageing 33(3), p. 142-152, doi:10.1111/ajag.12154

José Ferreira-Alves, Paula Magalhães, Lara Viola, Ricardo Simoes (2014) Loneliness in middle and old age: demographics, perceived health, and social satisfaction as predictors., Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 59(3), p. 613-623, doi:10.1016/j.archger.2014.06.010

Johanna Petersen, Daniel Austin, Jeffrey A Kaye, Misha Pavel, Tamara L Hayes (2014) Unobtrusive in-home detection of time spent out-of-home with applications to loneliness and physical activity., IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics 18(5), p. 1590-1596, doi:10.1109/JBHI.2013.2294276

Deborah Gale (2014) Changing the choice architecture of ageing: live different and 'catch old'., The New bioethics : a multidisciplinary journal of biotechnology and the body 20(2), p. 124-140, doi:10.1179/2050287714Z.00000000048

Robert Hagan, Roger Manktelow, Brian J Taylor, John Mallett (2014) Reducing loneliness amongst older people: a systematic search and narrative review., Aging & mental health 18(6), p. 683-693, doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.875122

2013

Rory T Devine, Claire Hughes (2013) Silent films and strange stories: theory of mind, gender, and social experiences in middle childhood., Child development 84(3), p. 989-1003, doi:10.1111/cdev.12017

Hayley Robinson, Bruce Macdonald, Ngaire Kerse, Elizabeth Broadbent (2013) The psychosocial effects of a companion robot: a randomized controlled trial., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 14(9), p. 661-667, doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.007

William A Banks (2013) Artificial emotions: robots caring for the elderly., Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 14(9), p. 635-636, doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2013.04.011

Shelia R Cotten, William A Anderson, Brandi M McCullough (2013) Impact of internet use on loneliness and contact with others among older adults: cross-sectional analysis., Journal of medical Internet research 15(2), p. e39, doi:10.2196/jmir.2306

Meagan A Ramsey, Amy L Gentzler, Jennifer N Morey, Ann M Oberhauser, David Westerman (2013) College students' use of communication technology with parents: comparisons between two cohorts in 2009 and 2011., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 16(10), p. 747-752, doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0534

Joanna E McHugh, Brian A Lawlor (2013) Perceived stress mediates the relationship between emotional loneliness and sleep quality over time in older adults., British journal of health psychology 18(3), p. 546-555, doi:10.1111/j.2044-8287.2012.02101.x

Anja K Leist (2013) Social media use of older adults: a mini-review., Gerontology 59(4), p. 378-384, doi:10.1159/000346818

Pamela Qualter, Ken Rotenberg, Louise Barrett, Peter Henzi, Alexandra Barlow, Maria Stylianou, Rebecca A Harris (2013) Investigating hypervigilance for social threat of lonely children., Journal of abnormal child psychology 41(2), p. 325-338, doi:10.1007/s10802-012-9676-x

2012

Lauren McCausland, Nancy L Falk (2012) From dinner table to digital tablet: technology's potential for reducing loneliness in older adults., Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services 50(5), p. 22-26, doi:10.3928/02793695-20120410-01

Rebecca I B Schnittger, Joseph Wherton, David Prendergast, Brian A Lawlor (2012) Risk factors and mediating pathways of loneliness and social support in community-dwelling older adults., Aging & mental health 16(3), p. 335-346, doi:10.1080/13607863.2011.629092

Simon Squire Smith, Nahum Kozak, Karen Anne Sullivan (2012) An investigation of the relationship between subjective sleep quality, loneliness and mood in an Australian sample: can daily routine explain the links?, The International journal of social psychiatry 58(2), p. 166-171, doi:10.1177/0020764010387551

Adi Sharabi, Uzi Levi, Malka Margalit (2012) Children's loneliness, sense of coherence, family climate, and hope: developmental risk and protective factors., The Journal of psychology 146(1-2), p. 61-83, doi:10.1080/00223980.2011.568987

Ru-Shang Jiang, Chuan-Chiang Chou, Pi-Lan Tsai (2012) Preceptor-guided clinical practica and the learning experiences of nursing students., The journal of nursing research : JNR 20(2), p. 152-157, doi:10.1097/jnr.0b013e318256091d

2011

Åsa Engström, Siv Söderberg (2011) Transition as experienced by close relatives of people with traumatic brain injury., The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 43(5), p. 253-260, doi:10.1097/JNN.0b013e318227ef9b

Catherine Travers, Helen P Bartlett (2011) Silver Memories: implementation and evaluation of a unique radio program for older people., Aging & mental health 15(2), p. 169-177, doi:10.1080/13607863.2010.508774

Stacey B Scott, Brenda R Jackson, C S Bergeman (2011) What contributes to perceived stress in later life? A recursive partitioning approach., Psychology and aging 26(4), p. 830-843, doi:10.1037/a0023180

Adi Sharabi, Malka Margalit (2011) The mediating role of internet connection, virtual friends, and mood in predicting loneliness among students with and without learning disabilities in different educational environments., Journal of learning disabilities 44(3), p. 215-227, doi:10.1177/0022219409357080

Amy L Gentzler, Ann M Oberhauser, David Westerman, Danielle K Nadorff (2011) College students' use of electronic communication with parents: links to loneliness, attachment, and relationship quality., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 14(1-2), p. 71-74, doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0409

2010

Luigi Bonetti, Marilyn Anne Campbell, Linda Gilmore (2010) The relationship of loneliness and social anxiety with children's and adolescents' online communication., Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking 13(3), p. 279-285, doi:10.1089/cyber.2009.0215

Cheryl Ann Lapp, Lois B Taft, Thora Tollefson, Ann Hoepner, Kevin Moore, Katie Divyak (2010) Stress and coping on the home front: guard and reserve spouses searching for a new normal., Journal of family nursing 16(1), p. 45-67, doi:10.1177/1074840709357347