Finding pleasure in solitary activities: desire for aloneness or disinterest in social contact?

By Mark R. Leary, K. Herbst, Felicia McCrary. 2003

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“Doing” Gardening and “Being” at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging (2013, unknown): “As mentioned above, an important factor in being able to create their own world on the allotment plot for the participants was the solitary nature of gardening activity; this would make sense, as solitary activities have been shown to enhance reflection and spiritual insight (Leary et al., 2003).”
Unsociability in Middle Childhood: Conceptualization, Assessment, and Associations with Socioemotional Functioning (2010, unknown): “…researchers may wish to draw upon and adapt some of the measures that have been previously used with adults to assess the preference for solitude (Burger, 1995), solitropic orientation (Leary et al., 2003), and other relevant constructs (for a recent detailed review, see Coplan & Weeks, 2010).”
Social Withdrawal in Childhood (2009, unknown): “This nonfearful preference for solitude has been labeled unsociability (Asendorpf, 1990) or social disinterest (Coplan et al., 2004) in children, and solitropic orientation in adults (Leary, Herbst, & McCrary, 2003).”
The handbook of solitude: Psychological perspectives on social isolation, social withdrawal, and being alone. (2013, background): “, 2014), whereas in other studies the focus is on activities while participants are physically alone (Leary et al., 2003).”