Aging and Loneliness

By Louise C. Hawkley, John T. Cacioppo. 2007

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Subfields: Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Social Psychology

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Health psychology: developing biologically plausible models linking the social world and physical health. (2009, background): “…of these physiological correlates of the social world are evident in persons who report feeling lonely on a chronic basis, irrespective of their objective social conditions (e.g., Adam et al. 2006, Cole et al. 2007, Pressman et al. 2005; see reviews by Hawkley & Cacioppo 2007, KiecoltGlaser 1999).”
From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (2008, background): “Moreover, prior research on loneliness suggests it is related to faster aging and physiological decline (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2007).”
A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Sleep Problems and Loneliness (2020, background): “These findings dovetail with research suggesting that loneliness exacerbates sleep problems as individuals age (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2007) and that variability in sleep is normative among children and adolescents ( Jenni & Carskadon, 2007).”
Measuring Loneliness Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The UCLA and de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scales (2014, background): “2004; Tiikkainen and Heikkinen 2005), increased morbidity (Hawkley et al. 2006, 2010; Hawkley and Cacioppo 2007; Lauder et al. 2006; Tomaka et al. 2006; Thurston and Kubzansky 2009), institutionalization (Russell et al.”
Late-Life Loneliness in 11 European Countries: Results from the Generations and Gender Survey (2016, background): “Loneliness appears to hasten physiological decline and increase the use of health and care services (Hawkley and Cacioppo 2007).”
Strength and Vulnerability Integration (SAVI): A Model of Emotional Well-Being Across Adulthood (2010, unknown): “Hawkley, Cacioppo, and their colleagues (Hawkley & Cacioppo, 2007; Hawkley et al., 2006) have suggested that the physiological effects of loneliness accelerate the physiological declines associated with aging.”
Social and Emotional Aging (2010, background): “…related to depression among older adults even after controlling for marital status (Barg et al. 2006, Cacioppo et al. 2006), and researchers suggest that the effects of loneliness on physiological functioning may even be stronger among older adults than younger adults (Hawkley & Cacioppo 2007).”