Predictors and consequences of loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global context in which social isolation has become normative in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As a result of social distancing policies, the risk for loneliness and associated decline in quality of life has increased. The current study examined factors associated with loneliness and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic cross-sectionally (n = 797) and longitudinally (n = 395). Older age and larger social network size were associated with less loneliness, whereas having multiple physical or mental health diagnoses was associated with greater loneliness. Greater virtual social contact was also associated with increased loneliness. Greater loneliness was associated with all domains of quality of life both cross-sectionally and l

SUBMITTER: Rumas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9755111 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature