The Relationship Between Loneliness and Positive Affect in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To establish whether positive affect (PA) is uniquely associated with loneliness and other social functioning variables beyond negative affect (NA) among older adults.

Methods

Four hundred and twenty-eight participants (aged 60+ years old, 82% White, and 48% female) were recruited using random digit-dialing and completed scales for loneliness (UCLA Loneliness Scale), companionship (PROMIS scale), satisfaction with discretionary social activities (PROMIS scale), PA (Center for Epidemiologic Studies [CES] Happiness Scale), and NA (CES-Depression scale and Brief Symptom Inventory-Anxiety Subscale).

Results

Multiple linear regression models found PA to be a significant predictor of lower loneliness where the effect of PA on loneliness is dependent on the level o

SUBMITTER: Davidson EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9095765 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature