ArticlePerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2025
The Loneliness of the Odd One Out: How Deviations From Social Norms Can Help Explain Loneliness Across Cultures.
Article in Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Are quantitative targets for social network size and interaction frequency appropriate for public health guidelines on social connection? Evidence from loneliness and related mental health outcomes.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Self-initiated strategies for managing loneliness: insights from two large-scale surveys.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Predictors and Correlates of Loneliness and Social Isolation in People With Dementia: Longitudinal Findings From the IDEAL Programme.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Moment Versus a Lifetime: Patterns of Loneliness and Perceived Causes in People's Lived Experiences.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- What Is Social Connection in the Context of Human Need: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Loneliness in adolescence: prevalence, developmental contexts, and interventions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Correlations between Dementia and Loneliness.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Loneliness is an important health risk, which is why it is important to understand what can cause persistent or severe loneliness. Previous research has identified numerous personal or relational risk factors for loneliness. Cultural predictors, however, have been considered less. The new framework of norm deviations and loneliness (NoDeL) proposes that social norms, which are defining features of culture, can help explain loneliness within and across cultural contexts. Specifically, people who deviate from social norms are suggested to be at an increased risk for feeling lonely because they are more likely to experience alienation, inauthenticity, lower self-worth, social rejection, relationship dissatisfaction, and/or unfulfilled relational needs. Given that social norms vary by social, geographical, and temporal context, they can furthermore be considered cultural moderators between individual-level risk factors and loneliness: Personal or relational characteristics, such as shyness or being single, may increase the risk for loneliness particularly if they do not fit social norms in a specific environment. Integrating previous quantitative and qualitative findings, I hence offer a framework (NoDeL) to predict loneliness and cultural differences in risk factors for it. Thus, the NoDeL framework may help prepare culture-sensitive interventions against loneliness.
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