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As the rate of loneliness increases yearly among people of every age group and more so in the elderly, with known detrimental physical and psychological effects, there is a need to find new ways to connect people with each other and especially so at a time when a whole lot of the human attention is focused on electronic devices, it is a challenge.
According to DePaulo, the single at heart, “love being single and want to stay single. For them, single life is their best life—their most joyful, meaningful, fulfilling, and authentic life.”
“Being single and choosing to be so gives me a sense of purpose and direction in my life. I’m able to cultivate more meaningful relationships, prioritize self-care, embrace the moment and ...
Healthy people, with psychological well-being, have happy relationships with their partners. In contrast, unhappy marriages will have the opposite effect, "A bad marriage can make a person feel more isolated than being single" [ 26 ] according to sociologist professor Eric Klinenber at New York University.
Baader–Meinhof effect; Barnum effect; Bezold effect; Birthday-number effect; Boomerang effect; Bouba/kiki effect; Bystander effect; Cheerleader effect; Cinderella effect; Cocktail party effect; Contrast effect; Coolidge effect; Crespi effect; Cross-race effect; Curse of knowledge; Diderot effect; Dunning–Kruger effect; Einstellung effect ...
This can be especially devastating for women whose mental states are already deteriorating, due to prior mental illness or to the effects of being in segregation. [ 2 ] Women have also reported being publicly humiliated when asking for additional sanitary pads during their menstrual periods, [ 1 ] or being forced to hand in their used pads in ...
A social experiment is a method of psychological or sociological research that observes people's reactions to certain situations or events. The experiment depends on a particular social approach where the main source of information is the participants' point of view and knowledge.
The peak–end rule is a psychological heuristic in which people judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak (i.e., its most intense point) and at its end, rather than based on the total sum or average of every moment of the experience. The effect occurs regardless of whether the experience is pleasant or unpleasant.