We found physical isolation, represented by the number of lockdown days, did not significantly affect loneliness.
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For people who feel lonely, a trip to the supermarket could help – if only the store provided opportunities to chat at the checkout. A Dutch chain has done just that, and customers and staff love it.
Many older people tend to trim their social circles and focus their social efforts on family and close friends. New research on our close primate relatives may help explain why.
Over 130 hours of conversations with older people reveal the truth of what it’s like to get old and how to cope with loneliness.
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Doctoral candidate, psychology, University of Washington
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Lecturer in Sociology, Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Retailing and Consumer Behaviour, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, Social Policy, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
