Correlates and trajectories of loneliness among community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Canadian longitudinal study

E Lara, S Matovic, HM Vasiliadis, S Grenier… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine the contributions of
social interaction and other non-social factors to loneliness among older adults in the …

Exploring the trajectory and correlates of social isolation for veterans across a 6-month period during COVID-19

AP McGuire, C Elmore, YZ Szabo, AS Kurz… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Social isolation is a relevant problem for veterans who are at risk for disengaging from
others as a function of transition stress from military life to civilian life, and given high rates of …

Surviving through solitude: a prospective national study of the impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic and a visiting ban on loneliness among nursing home residents …

PE Gustafsson, J Schröders, I Nilsson… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Targeted social distancing measures were widely implemented for nursing home
residents when the extremely high coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in this setting became …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on older adults' loneliness: Evidence from high-frequency panel data in Austria (2020–2022)

E Stolz, H Mayerl, W Freidl - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2023 - Elsevier
Background It is unclear how strong and long lasting the effects of recurring COVID-19
pandemic restrictions are on older adults' loneliness. Methods 457 retired older Austrians …

What factors are associated with psychological vulnerability and resiliency among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic?

RS Sneed, AC Krendl - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022 - academic.oup.com
As of early January 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) attributed nearly 5.5 million
deaths worldwide to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (WHO, 2022) …

Social contact during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of long-term connectedness and cumulative inequality in later life

MH Schafer - Social Science Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Though the COVID-19 crisis put many older adults at sudden risk of social isolation, the
pandemic was far from the “great equalizer” some pundits and politicians initially claimed it …

Assessment of Loneliness During the Pandemic: Comparing Various Short Forms of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in South Africa Using Classical Test Theory and …

T Pretorius, A Padmanabhanunni - OBM Neurobiology, 2022 - lidsen.com
An important mental health concern arising from the COVID-19 pandemic was the loneliness
resulting from the lockdown measures taken by many countries due to the outbreak. Thus …

A social cure in times of pandemic distancing: Multiple group membership and well-being in senior citizens.

LM Uhlmann, J Wegge - European Journal of Health Psychology, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Background: Being a member of multiple social groups (multiple group membership, MGM)
has beneficial effects on several health outcomes as stated by the social identity theory …

The Impact of COVID-19 Household Isolation on Conflict and Cohesion in One-, Two-, and Three-Generation Households With Older Adults

E Iriarte, ME Larson… - Journal of Gerontological …, 2023 - journals.healio.com
The current cross-sectional study examined the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) household isolation on household conflict and cohesion in one-, two-, and three …

[HTML][HTML] A Social Cure in Times of Pandemic Distancing

LM Uhlmann, J Wegge - European Journal of Health …, 2023 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Background: Being a member of multiple social groups (multiple group membership, MGM)
has beneficial effects on several health outcomes as stated by the social identity theory …