The anxiety-buffer hypothesis in the time of COVID-19: when self-esteem protects from the impact of loneliness and fear on anxiety and depression

A Rossi, A Panzeri, G Pietrabissa, GM Manzoni… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has spread worldwide, generating intense
fear of infection and death that may lead to enduring anxiety. At the same time, quarantine …

Mental health through the COVID-19 quarantine: a growth curve analysis on Italian young adults

A Parola, A Rossi, F Tessitore, G Troisi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Health emergencies, such as epidemics, have detrimental and long-lasting
consequences on people's mental health, which are higher during the implementation of …

Systematic review of psychometric properties and cross-cultural adaptation of the University of California and Los Angeles loneliness scale in adults

SA Alsubheen, A Oliveira, R Habash, R Goldstein… - Current …, 2023 - Springer
This systematic review assessed the psychometric properties and the cross-cultural
adaptation of the University of California and Los Angeles Loneliness scale (UCLA-LS) in …

Study of resilience and loneliness in youth (18–25 years old) during the COVID‐19 pandemic lockdown measures

S Marchini, E Zaurino, J Bouziotis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluated the risks and protective factors in mental health in 825 emerging adults
aged from 18 to 25 years old in Belgium and in Italy. Resilience, loneliness and social, and …

Reliability and validity of Japanese versions of the UCLA loneliness scale version 3 for use among mothers with infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study

A Arimoto, E Tadaka - BMC women's health, 2019 - Springer
Background Mothers with infants and toddlers are a potential target population for the
prevention or alleviation of feelings of loneliness. However, the theory and methods for …

COVID-19 and the elderly's mental illness: The role of risk perception, social isolation, loneliness and ageism

AR Donizzetti, M Lagacé - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
For almost two years, populations around the globe faced precariousness and uncertainty
as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older adults were highly affected by the virus, and …

Loneliness, emotion dysregulation, and internalizing symptoms during coronavirus disease 2019: a structural equation modeling approach

P Velotti, G Rogier, S Beomonte Zobel… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Our study aimed to test the hypotheses that an increased level of loneliness
experienced during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confinement was predictive of …

Young adult carers during the pandemic: the effects of parental illness and other ill family members on COVID-19-related and general mental health outcomes

G Landi, KI Pakenham, S Grandi, E Tossani - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adult carers have been
neglected. This study aimed to identify COVID-19 related risk factors for young adult carers …

Empathy in neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review

E Pick, JR Kleinbub, S Mannarini… - … Disease and Treatment, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Empathy, in its affective and cognitive components, is a crucial interpersonal
ability. It is broadly studied in the field of psychopathology, whereas its study in the …

'This is the last episode': the association between problematic binge‐watching and loneliness, emotion regulation, and sleep‐related factors in poor sleepers

V Alfonsi, G Varallo, S Scarpelli… - Journal of Sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence on the relation between binge‐watching and sleep quality is still scarce and
inconsistent and none has taken into account both the healthy and pathological dimensions …