Lonely at the bottom: a cross-sectional study on being ill, poor, and lonely

Bosma, Hans; Jansen, Maria; Schefman, S.; Hajema, KlaasJan; Feron, Frans

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2014.11.016

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“…In our Europe-wide study, the least advantaged groups experienced higher levels of loneliness and participated less in social activities, concurring with previous research (Bosma et al, 2015;de Jong Gierveld et al, 2015;Hansen and Slagsvold, 2015;McMunn et al, 2009). This suggests that a lack of financial resources may constrain some individuals from fully participating in society, which may lead to loneliness and social isolation among those who are already at risk via a number of different pathways, including poor health and widowhood.…”

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“…Loneliness is influenced by a myriad of factors including age, marital status, social networks and participation, functional limitations and mental health (Aartsen and Jylha, 2011;Bosma et al, 2015;Cacioppo et al, 2010;Fokkema et al, 2012;Hansen and Slagsvold, 2015). Loneliness affects individuals of any age (Yang and Victor, 2011), but older people are particularly susceptible as a result of losing close friends and relatives, as well as the increased prevalence of limiting health conditions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A disadvantaged socioeconomic position is linked with loneliness (Aylaz et al, 2012;Bosma et al, 2015;Hansen and Slagsvold, 2015;Victor et al, 2005), but in general, studies have rarely adopted an inequalities lens. Socioeconomic inequalities in loneliness may arise via a number of pathways.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…On external factors relating to one's "place" or neighborhood, community socioeconomic status and income is an unequivocally, robust correlate of loneliness in adults. One study showed that the chances of developing loneliness were three times higher in the lowest, rather than the highest, income group [45]. Similarly, the population density of a given city is associated with loneliness, such that urban participants have been shown to experience significantly higher subjective feelings of loneliness than their rural counterparts, both in non-clinical and clinical groups [46].…”

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Risk factors for loneliness: The high relative importance of age versus other factors

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Loneliness is a potent predictor of negative health outcomes, making it important to identify risk factors for loneliness. Though extant studies have identified characteristics associated with loneliness, less is known about the cumulative and relative importance of these factors, and how their interaction may impact loneliness. Here, 4,885 individuals ages 10-97 years from the US completed the three-item UCLA Loneliness Survey on TestMyBrain.org. Using census data, we calculated the population and community household income of participants' census area, and the proportion of individuals in the participant's census area that shared the participant's demographic characteristics (i.e., sociodemographic density). We evaluated the relative importance of three classes of variables for loneliness risk: those related to the person (e.g., age), place (e.g., community household income), and the interaction of person X place (sociodemographic density). We find that loneliness is highly prevalent and best explained by person (age) and place (community household income) characteristics. Of the variance in loneliness accounted for, the overwhelming majority was explained by age with loneliness peaking at 19 years and declining thereafter. The congruence between one's sociodemographic characteristics and that of one's neighborhood had no impact on loneliness. These data may have important implications for public health interventions.

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“…A large body of research has been devoted to identifying contextual and individual factors promoting or protecting against loneliness (e.g., Bosma et al 2015;Ernst and Cacioppo 1999;Luhmann and Hawkley 2016). Among these factors, partner relationships stand out as the single most powerful factor protecting individuals from being lonely (Dykstra and Fokkema 2007;Flora and Segrin 2000;Green et al 2001;Luhmann and Hawkley 2016;Stack 1998;Tornstam 1992).…”

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Lonely Me, Lonely You: Loneliness and the Longitudinal Course of Relationship Satisfaction

Mund

Johnson

2020

J Happiness Stud

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Individuals feel lonely when they perceive a discrepancy between the amount of closeness and intimacy in social relationships they desire and what they actually experience. Across several studies, partner relationships have consistently been found to be the most powerful protective factor against loneliness. Previous research on this topic, however, has exclusively focused on loneliness as a concomitant or outcome of low relationship quality, but not as a predictor in its own right, which is surprising given the trait-like features of loneliness. In the present study, we investigated the role of loneliness in predicting later levels and the development of relationship satisfaction over a period of 8 years in a heterogeneous sample of 2337 stable couples drawn from the German Family Panel. By applying Actor-Partner Interdependence Models and dyadic response surface analyses, we found that loneliness evinced substantial negative actor and partner effects on relationship satisfaction and its development over 8 years. Furthermore, we found that women were most satisfied with their relationships when both partners scored low on loneliness, whereas men were most satisfied when their own loneliness was low, irrespective of their partners' loneliness. Congruently low levels of loneliness between women and men as well as declines in loneliness of at least one partner were additionally associated with increases in relationship satisfaction over time.

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Lonely at the bottom: a cross-sectional study on being ill, poor, and lonely

Cited by 52 publications

References 6 publications

The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: Is social participation protective?

The relationship between wealth and loneliness among older people across Europe: Is social participation protective?

Risk factors for loneliness: The high relative importance of age versus other factors

Lonely Me, Lonely You: Loneliness and the Longitudinal Course of Relationship Satisfaction

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