Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective

By John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley, John M. Ernst, Mary H. Burleson, G. Berntson, Bita Nouriani, David Spiegel. 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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What Predicts Loneliness? Cultural Difference Between Individualistic and Collectivistic Societies in Europe (2014, background): “It has been demonstrated to be related to but distinct from depression (Cacioppo et al., 2006).”
From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (2008, background): “Furthermore, loneliness, rather than depressive symptomatology or social support, uniquely predicts elevated blood pressure (Hawkley, Masi, Berry, & Cacioppo, 2006), a number of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (Caspi, Harrington, Moffitt, Milne, & Poulton, 2006), poor sleep (Cacioppo et…”
The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (2010, background): “, anxiety and anger), pessimism, fear of negative evaluation, and shyness, as well lower levels of social support, agreeableness, and sociability (Cacioppo et al., 2006).”
COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action. (2020, background): “More extreme than the loss of social connections, loneliness is a psychologically painful emotion that results from people’s subjective feelings that their intimate and social needs are not adequately met (Cacioppo et al., 2006) and was already considered “an epidemic” (Murthy, 2017) prior to COVID-”
No Employee an Island: Workplace Loneliness and Job Performance (2018, background): “, 2003) and more anxious about being negatively evaluated by others (Cacioppo et al., 2006; Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008; Jones, 1982).”
Loneliness Across the Life Span (2015, background): “Cross-sectional and experimental research in which loneliness was induced showed that transient loneliness was associated with higher levels of shyness and fear of negative evaluation (J. T. Cacioppo et al., 2006).”
New Ways of Theorizing and Conducting Research in the Field of Loneliness and Social Isolation (2018, background): “The evolution of social connection and care requires that the selfish gene is supplemented with the need to form attachments, the social pain in response to disconnectedness and the reward felt when those connections are reinstated (Cacioppo et al., 2006).”
Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality (2015, background): “The evolutionary perspective of loneliness proposed by Cacioppo and colleagues (Cacioppo et al., 2006; Cacioppo, Cacioppo, & Boomsma, 2014) presents loneliness as an adaptive signal, similar to hunger and thirst, that motivates one to alter behavior in a way that will increase survival.”
Loneliness Predicts Reduced Physical Activity: Cross-Sectional & Longitudinal Analyses (2009, background): “2006; Cacioppo, Hughes, et al., 2006; Russell, 1996).”
Loneliness and the health of older people (2008, background): “(Cacioppo et al., 2006a), present an evolutionary theory for loneliness in which they conclude that loneliness is a human trait that has evolved and is heritable, suggesting that certain individuals are more vulnerable to developing feelings of loneliness in response to environmental triggers than…”