Loneliness common among older informal caregivers, says report
On behalf of the Swedish Gender Equality Agency, researchers Lena Dahlberg and Mariam Kirvalidze have done a scoping review of informal caregiving and loneliness.
May 7, 2024
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Social Sciences: News and Research on Loneliness
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COVID-19-induced financial hardships reveal mental health struggles
When COVID-19 caused significant economic disruptions, thousands of people around the world experienced sudden shocks to their financial situation through reduced earnings or job losses.
Apr 30, 2024
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International study finds loneliness grows as we age
Loneliness in adulthood follows a U-shaped pattern: it's higher in younger and older adulthood, and lowest during middle adulthood, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that examined nine longitudinal studies from around ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Have smartphones created an 'anxious generation'? Social psychologist sounds the alarm
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action.
Apr 29, 2024
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Cancer survivors reporting loneliness experience higher mortality risk, study shows
A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) showed people surviving cancer who reported feeling more lonely experienced a higher mortality risk compared to survivors reporting low or no loneliness.
Apr 25, 2024
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Perception of social isolation and loneliness can increase depressive symptoms
Both social isolation, defined as the objective state of having few connections with others, and loneliness, which is a subjective negative feeling of being alone, adversely impact the body and mind.
Apr 25, 2024
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Survey finds loneliness epidemic runs deep among parents
A new national survey conducted by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds that a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack ...
Apr 24, 2024
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People think 'old age' starts later than it used to, study finds
Middle-aged and older adults believe that old age begins later in life than their peers did decades ago, according to a study.
Apr 22, 2024
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Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable
Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than their European counterparts. That's the key finding of my team's recent study, published in American Psychologist.
Apr 14, 2024
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Artificial intelligence can help people feel heard, study finds
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that AI-generated messages made recipients feel more "heard" than messages generated by untrained humans, and that AI was better at detecting ...
Apr 11, 2024
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