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In a 2023 Pew survey, 8% of respondents said they had no close friends outside their family; another 21% had only one or two. Friendships of all types Close friends were all once strangers.
Nearly all U.S. adults used to have close friends. In 1990, the share of the population that said they didn’t was low and roughly the same no matter one’s education level: just 2% for people ...
Dunbar's number has become of interest in anthropology, evolutionary psychology, [12] statistics, and business management.For example, developers of social software are interested in it, as they need to know the size of social networks their software needs to take into account; and in the modern military, operational psychologists seek such data to support or refute policies related to ...
Since 2003, the amount of time the average American spends alone has increased by roughly 24 hours a month, while hours spent socializing with friends in person has declined by about 20 hours a ...
Those who state they have 10+ close friends, excluding family members, was 33% in 1990, but has now decreased to 13% in 2021. [2] Men seem more affected. The number of American men without a close friend has jumped five times since 1995, from 3% to 15% between 1990 and 2021. [3]
Why it’s so hard for men to make close friends When Sileo first began conducting research on male friendships in 1995, many participants assumed his survey was about homosexuality, he said.
The loss of a loved one can contribute to social isolation. Studies have shown that widows who keep in contact with friends or relatives have better psychological health. A study conducted by Jung-Hwa Ha and Berit Ingersoll-Dayton concluded that widows who had a lot of social contact and interactions lead to fewer depressive symptoms.
Only five percent of men seek outpatient mental health services, despite feeling lonelier than ever before (in a recent British study, 2.5 million men admitted to having no close friends).