The authors of this review both served on the National Academy of Science, Engineering,
and Medicine Committee that produced the report,“Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older …

Rationale Increasingly, loneliness is being recognised as a serious problem with detrimental
effects on health, as well as on social cohesion and community trust. To effectively tackle this …

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that
affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of …

Social isolation and loneliness among older people Page 1 ADVOCACY BRIEF: Social
isolation and loneliness among older people Page 2 Acknowledgements The development of …

Prior research in non-US samples has found a complex nonlinear relationship between
loneliness and age. This research has shown that established predictors of loneliness …

Adolescence and young adulthood are characterized by substantial sociodemographic,
family, social, and personality changes that may influence loneliness. Although loneliness is …

Background Recognition of loneliness as a health concern among adults stresses the need
to understand the factors associated with loneliness. Research into factors of influence in the …

There is evidence that loneliness and unemployment each have a negative impact on public
health. Both are experienced across the life course and are of increasing concern in light of …

Several measures that assess loneliness have been developed for adults. Across three
studies, we investigated psychometric features of scores of different versions of the Rasch …

Loneliness affects well-being and has long-term negative impacts on physical and mental
health, educational outcomes, and employability. Because of those current and long-term …