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The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.
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161 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does Peer Victimization Predict Loneliness? A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Pooled it
- Loneliness without an epidemic: gendered pathways, health consequences, and intervention gaps among men in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Belongingness and loneliness in higher education: a meta-analysis of pre- and post-pandemic trends.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of longitudinal risk and protective factors for loneliness in youth.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Loneliness in Young People with ADHD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of attention disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Loneliness in the workplace: a mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Experiences of Loneliness Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Pooled it
- Social Isolation and Social Support Influence Health Service Utilisation and Survival after a Cardiovascular Disease Event: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review with meta-analysis.The American psychologistPooled it
- Reducing Loneliness through the Power of Practicing Together: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Dyadic Socio-Emotional vs. Mindfulness-Based Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of an Internet-based self-help intervention with human guidance or automated messages to alleviate loneliness: a three-armed randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Long-Term Effects on Loneliness of a Computer-Tailored Intervention for Older Adults With Chronic Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of aging and health · 2021Trial
- Effectiveness of a nature-based social prescribing intervention on loneliness and health-related quality of life among vulnerable urban adults (RECETAS-BCN): an observer-blinded randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2026Article
- Early Adoption of Digital Devices and Change in Loneliness Over 10 Years Among Late Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Built Environment and Loneliness Trajectories Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- How perceiving pace of social change affects loneliness: psychological obsolescence as predictor for loneliness in late-life sample.European journal of ageing · 2026Article
- Incremental Information from Repeated Loneliness Assessments in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Loneliness in sexual and gender minority youths: Critical implications of a multidimensional approach.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Associations of loneliness, social isolation and healthy lifestyle with life expectancy free of major physical disease and mental disorder.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Loneliness, Genetic Susceptibility, Brain Structure, and the Risk of Schizophrenia: A Large Prospective Study.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026Article
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Abstract
Individuals experience loneliness when they perceive a deficiency in the quality or quantity of their social relationships. In the present meta-analysis, we compiled data from 75 longitudinal studies conducted in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America (
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