ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Safe but Lonely? Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms and COVID-19.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05033210 (Prevention of Mental Health Problems Among Persons Without Personal Housing in the Context of the COVID-19 Epidemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 117 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prevention of Mental Health Problems Among Persons Without Personal Housing in the Context of the COVID-19 Epidemic: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 245 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of longitudinal risk and protective factors for loneliness in youth.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Loneliness and the onset of new mental health problems in the general population.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Exploring the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Group Chanting in Australia: Reduced Stress, Cortisol and Enhanced Social Connection.Journal of religion and health · 2024Trial
- Age, Motivation, and Emotion Regulation Skills Predict Treatment Outcome in an Internet-Based Self-Help Intervention for COVID-19 Related Psychological Distress.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
- The association of interpersonal distress with negative mental health outcomes in people with a diagnosed anxiety disorder: a meta-analytic review.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2026Article
- The role of household composition in social isolation and anxiety: evidence from adults in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Article
- The interplay between social connection and compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- State and Trait Anxiety in Patients with Neurological Diseases During COVID Pandemic.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Loneliness and Mental Health Disorders in Older Adults Living in Portugal During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The predictive role of social isolation in COVID-19 anxiety among older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Loneliness, but not social isolation, is a risk factor for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students in Tokyo, Japan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Understanding the Relationships Between Fear of COVID-19, Depression, Loneliness, and Life Satisfaction in Türkiye: Testing Mediation and Moderation Effects.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: An international comparison of gender-related home and work-related responsibilities, and social support.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Article
- The influence of negative emotions on adolescents' pathological gaming: the role of self-control in the associations with aggression, academic stress, and pathological gaming.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Unmasking the psychological impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic in young adults: results from a cross-sectional online survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among University Teachers in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Risk-stratified analysis of sex risk behaviors and correlates among school-going adolescents in Argentina: insights from a national survey.International journal of adolescent medicine and health · 2024Article
- Reliability and validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 scale and its subscales of depression and anxiety among US adults based on nativity.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Away from the herd: loneliness as a dysfunction of social alignment.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led governments worldwide to implement unprecedented response strategies. While crucial to limiting the spread of the virus, "social distancing" may lead to severe psychological consequences, especially in lonely individuals.
methodsWe used cross-sectional (
resultsLoneliness was correlated with ADS and with affective response to COVID-19's threat to health. However, increased worry about the social isolation and heightened risk perception for financial problems was observed in lonelier individuals. The cross-lagged influence of the initial affective response to COVID-19 on subsequent levels of loneliness was also found.
conclusionThe reciprocal connections between loneliness and COVID-19 response may be of crucial importance for ADS during the COVID-19 crisis.
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