Loneliness dynamics and physical health symptomology among midlife adults in daily life.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current study examined how average daily loneliness (between-persons [BPs]), intraindividual variability in loneliness across days (within-persons [WPs]), and loneliness stability informed physical health symptomatology.

Method

We utilized daily diary data from a national sample of 1,538 middle-aged adults (M_age = 51.02; 57.61% women) who completed eight end-of-day telephone interviews about daily experiences, including loneliness and physical health symptoms (e.g., headaches, nausea). Via multilevel modeling, we examined average daily loneliness (BPs), intraindividual variability in loneliness (WPs), stability in loneliness (individual mean-squared successive difference) in association with the number and average severity of daily physical he

SUBMITTER: Witzel DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343044 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature