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Meanwhile, rates of loneliness among teens before the pandemic ranged from 9.2% to 14.4% in different parts of the world, according to a meta-analysis of pre-pandemic studies.
The loneliness epidemic is an ongoing trend of loneliness and social isolation experienced by people across the globe. [1] [2] The uptick may have begun in the 2010s and was exacerbated by the isolating effects of social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Studies have tended to find a moderate correlation between extensive internet use and loneliness, especially ones that draw on data from the 1990s, before internet use became widespread. Contradictory results have been found by studies investigating whether the association is simply a result of lonely people being more attracted to the internet ...
Every year, thousands of South Koreans – mostly middle-aged men – die quietly and alone, cut off from their family and friends. ... A loneliness epidemic is spreading worldwide. Seoul is ...
Chronic loneliness is linked to poorer sleep and increases the odds of cardiovascular disease as much as smoking 15 cigarettes per day would. This may be because people who are chronically lonely develop long-term "fight-or-flight" stress signaling, which negatively affects immune system functioning, leading to less immunity and more inflammation .
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Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. [1]
That’s why, two years ago, his 18-year-old nephew James showed up trembling at his doorstep. He sat Halkitis and his husband down on the couch and announced he was gay. “We told him, ‘Congratulations, your membership card and welcome package are in the other room,’” Halkitis remembers. “But he was too nervous to get the joke.”