Emotional vs. social loneliness and prolonged grief: a random-intercept cross-lagged panel model.

ABSTRACT: Background: Bereavement following death, with loneliness as a prominent feature, can result in enduring stress and compromised health.Objective: Building on Weiss's ([1973]. Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation. MIT Press) proposal of two distinct types of loneliness, this study investigated within-person associations between emotional loneliness (EL) and prolonged grief symptoms (PGS) (aim 1), as well as social loneliness (SL) and PGS (aim 2) over four years following spousal loss. Additionally, we examined the impact of gender, age, and education on the main factors.Methods: We used random-intercept cross-lagged panel modelling (RI-CLPM) to analyse self-reported data from 338 Danish spousal-bereaved adults (58% female; mea

SUBMITTER: Vedder A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016272 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature