The clinical significance of loneliness: a literature review.

By L. M. Heinrich, E. Gullone. Clinical Psychology Review, 2006

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Health, Social Psychology

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The Relationship between Social Climate and Loneliness in the Workplace and Effects on Employee Well-Being (2011, background): “And probably the concepts interact with each other [22-34].”
Loneliness in the general population: prevalence, determinants and relations to mental health (2017, background): “Loneliness has been associated with many negative mental health outcomes [13, 14] such as depression, suicidality, reduced positive emotions, poor sleep quality and general health, as well as physiological changes (e.”
Loneliness and attention to social threat in young adults: Findings from an eye tracker study (2014, background): “Loneliness has been implicated in poor mental and physical health in adults (Hawkley, Thisted, Masi, & Cacioppo, 2010) and has been known to cause significant distress and/or intensify mental disorders or conditions, such as depression (Heinrich & Gullone, 2006).”
Vulnerability to loneliness in people with intellectual disability: an explanatory model (2014, background): “Compared with around 15–30% of people in the general population (Heinrich & Gullone, 2006), it is estimated that up to half of those with intellectual disability are chronically lonely (Stancliffe et al., 2010).”
Investigating the relationships between loneliness and learning burnout (2012, background): “Loneliness is a common negative emotion and a precursor to many mental illnesses (Heinrich and Gullone, 2006; Russell and Cuttrona, 1991).”
Linking core self-evaluation and emotional exhaustion with workplace loneliness: does high LMX make the consequence worse? (2019, methodology): “One, the UCLA loneliness scale is one of the most widely used scales in loneliness literature (Ozcelik & Barsade, 2018) and known to be a ‘standard’ scale to measure the construct (Heinrich & Gullone, 2006).”
‘The invisible enemy’: disability, loneliness and isolation (2018, methodology): “by Heinrich and Gullone (2006) in Australia explored the effect that loneliness”
Instagram Use, Loneliness, and Social Comparison Orientation: Interact and Browse on Social Media, But Don't Compare (2016, background): “Loneliness is an emotionally unpleasant state resulting from one’s assessment of his or her social relationships; specifically, loneliness emerges when there is a discrepancy between one’s desired and perceived levels of social connectedness.(1) Loneliness has important implications for mental healt”
Feeling lonely at work: investigating the consequences of unsatisfactory workplace relationships (2012, methodology): “Lonely individuals experience emotional distress due to unsatisfactory social relationships (Heinrich and Gullone 2006; Cacioppo and Hawkley 2009).”
Understanding the Links Between Social Support and Physical Health: A Life-Span Perspective With Emphasis on the Separability of Perceived and Received Support (2009, background): “As reviewed earlier, the literature that examines these factors separately in relation to the early family environment is consistent with such a positive profile (Heinrich & Gullone, 2007; Repetti et al., 2002; T.W. Smith & Gallo, 2001).”
Social-Emotional Loneliness and Life Satisfaction (2011, background): “For example, the loneliness of a child who has lost their mother is experienced differently to the loneliness of a child who has no playmates(Heinrich & Gullone, 2006).”
A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies comparing mental health before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (2021, neutral): “The more pronounced change in depressive symptoms observed may reflect the effects of isolation and sadness caused by social restrictions and loss of life during the pandemic (26).”
Social Connection and Compassion: Important Predictors of Health and Well-Being (2013, background): “…negatively and to engage in dysfunc tional interpersonal behavior in accordance with the em otions listed above, breeding further disconnection (Cacioppo et al. 2006, 1 0 5 4 - 1085; Hagerty, W illiam s, Coyne, and Early 1996, 2 3 5 -244 ; Heinrich and Gullone 2006, 708; Lee et al.; 1998, 338-345).”
Different sources of loneliness are associated with different forms of psychopathology in adolescence (2011, background): “Loneliness is a negative emotion that comes about through a discrepancy between desired and achieved levels of social contact (Perlman & Peplau, 1981) and has been associated with psychopathology (Heinrich & Gullone, 2006).”