Need for belonging, relationship satisfaction, loneliness, and life satisfaction

By D. Mellor, M. Stokes, Lucy Firth, Y. Hayashi, Robert Cummins. 2008

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Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire (2020, background): “Several studies reported that loneliness negatively impacted psychological adjustment and well-being (Arslan, 2020; Houghton et al., 2016; Mellor et al., 2008; Tanhan, 2020).”
Music May Reduce Loneliness and Act as Social Surrogate for a Friend: Evidence from an Experimental Listening Study (2020, background): “Belongingness needs were assessed, since a stronger need to belong is associated with a higher level of loneliness (Mellor et al., 2008).”
Belonging: a review of conceptual issues, an integrative framework, and directions for future research (2021, background): “It appears that multiple processes must converge for a stable, trait-like sense of belonging to emerge and support well-being and other positive outcomes (Cacioppo et al., 2015; Erzen & Çikrikci, 2018; Mellor et al., 2008; Rico-Uribe et al., 2018; Walton & Cohen, 2011).”
Loneliness and physical activity: A systematic review (2016, background): “However, loneliness and belongingness only correlate moderately negatively (Mellor et al., 2008), indicating that loneliness is more than just the absence of a highly satisfied need for belongingness.”
The Relationship Between Social Support, Loneliness, and Subjective Well-Being in a Spanish Sample from a Multidimensional Perspective (2013, background): “Loneliness has been associated with lower reported well-being (e.g., Mellor et al. 2008).”
Individual differences in nostalgia proneness: the integrating role of the need to belong (2013, background): “Routledge et al. (2008) provided evidence for the reliability and construct validity of the SNS.”