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Battling the Modern Behavioral Epidemic of Loneliness

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ID23331024
AuthorsDilip V Jeste (0000-0002-1161-7351, University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Ellen Lee (0000-0002-2250-765X, University of California San Diego), Ellen E Lee (Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego), Stephanie Cacioppo (0000-0002-5061-0451, University of Chicago)
Year2020
Volume77
Issue6
Pages553
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJAMA Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-622X • E-ISSN: 2168-6238
PublisherAmerican Medical Association (AMA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0027
OpenAlexW3009481811
LanguageEN
Citations received93
References cited9

This Viewpoint explores loneliness as a behavioral epidemic.

Family medicine · MEDLINE · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Neurology · Otorhinolaryngology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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  • The Relationship of Volunteering to the Psychological Well-Being of Older Adults in a Community-Based Setting

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  • Moving Beyond “Malingering”

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  • Social ties, fears and bias during the Covid-19 pandemic

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  • The global prevalence and associated factors of loneliness in older adults

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  • Attending live sporting events predicts subjective wellbeing and reduces loneliness

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  • Positive and negative experiences with the Covid-19 pandemic among lonely and non-lonely populations in Germany

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  • Practical Solutions to Address Covid-19-Related Mental and Physical Health Challenges Among Low-Income Older Adults

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  • Association Between Loneliness and Sleep-Related Problems Among Japanese Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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  • Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing

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  • Toward a Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Reduce Emerging Adult Alcohol Use

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  • Examining the Relationship between Social Connection and Opioid Misuse

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  • Artificial Intelligence in Human Growth and Development

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  • Effects of biopsychosocial factors on the association between loneliness and mental health risks during the Covid-19 lockdown

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  • The impact of initial social distancing measures on individuals’ anxiety and loneliness depending on living with their romantic/sexual partners

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  • The associations of use of social network sites with perceived social support and loneliness

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  • How loneliness leads to the conversational AI usage intention

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  • Do Loneliness and Social Isolation Predict Mortality Because of Hazardous Drinking

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  • Factors associated with diabetes distress in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Yi-Ling Liu, Wei-I Tsai et al.•Educational Gerontology•2026

  • Loneliness at the age of Covid-19

    Open Access•Zohar Lederman•Journal of Medical Ethics•2023

  • The permeation of loneliness into the workplace

    Open Access•Graham H Lowman, Stacey R Kessler et al.•Applied Psychology•2024

  • With You Until the End of the Age? A Longitudinal Study of Changes in Religiosity and Loneliness in Later Life

    Open Access•L Upenieks•Research on Aging•2023

  • Knowing versus Doing

    Open Access•Sydney Okland, Gili Freedman et al.•Personality and Social Psychology…•2026

  • Time spent playing video games during periods of isolation has no effect on loneliness or mental health

    Open Access•Sophie Hodgetts, Joe Butler et al.•Behaviour and Information…•2024

  • What makes a lonely child

    Open Access•Ting Yat Wong, Ting Sam Wong et al.•Journal of Child Psychology and…•2026

  • Addressing adolescent social and emotional concerns

    Open Access•Enyi Jen, Hsun‐Yu Chan et al.•Acta Psychologica•2024

  • Actively Participating in Live Events as an Avenue for Social Connection

    Open Access•Daisi R Brand, Andrew Scot Proctor et al.•Social Psychological and…•2026

  • Church Conflict, Loneliness, and the Bid to Belong

    Open Access•Cameron Lee•Journal of Psychology and Theology•2025

  • The Relationship of Neighborhood Accessibility and Community Participation with Quality of Life and Loneliness Among Older Adults

    Orit Segev-Jacubovski, E Shapiro•Journal of Aging and Environment•2025

  • Socially Distant? Social Network Confidants, Loneliness, and Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open Access•Alex Bierman, L Upenieks et al.•Social Currents•2021

  • A Systematic Literature Review of Loneliness in Community Dwelling Older Adults

    Open Access•Gabriela Di Perna, Katy Radford et al.•Social Sciences•2022

  • Loneliness, Social Cohesion, and the Role of Art Making

    Open Access•Olivia Sagan•Societies•2025

  • Evaluating the effects of a conditioning training paradigm on loneliness, socio-affective processing, and brain connectivity

    Open Access•Nichol M L Wong, Tatia M C Lee•BMC Psychology•2025

  • Growth of preference for solitude in urban and rural Chinese adolescents

    Open Access•Xi Chen, Xinxin Sun et al.•Frontiers in Psychiatry•2023

  • Psychosocial wellbeing and risk perception of older adults during Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria

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  • A Longitudinal Nationwide Study of Psychological Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Chile

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  • Automatic Assessment of Loneliness in Older Adults Using Speech Analysis on Responses to Daily Life Questions

    Open Access•Yasunori Yamada, Kaoru Shinkawa et al.•Frontiers in Psychiatry•2021

  • A Cross-Sectional Study on the Cross-Talk of the Covid-19-Related Degree of Loneliness and the Etiological Factors Among the Elderly in Central China

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  • The Mediatory Role of the Boredom and Loneliness Dimensions in the Development of Problematic Internet Use

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  • Psychosocial Determinants of Loneliness in the Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic—Cross-Sectional Study

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    Open Access•Jiska Cohen-Mansfield•International Journal of…•2022

  • A Longitudinal Study on Loneliness during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Japan

    Open Access•Sumeet Lal, Trinh Xuan Thi Nguyen et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • A Solution for Loneliness in Rural Populations

    Open Access•Ryuichi Ohta, Koichi Maiguma et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • A Cross-Country Examination on the Fear of Covid-19 and the Sense of Loneliness during the First Wave of Covid-19 Outbreak

    Open Access•Gianluca Lo Coco, Ambra GENTILE et al.•International Journal of…•2021

  • How Can Music Engagement Address Loneliness? A Qualitative Study and Thematic Framework in the Context of Australia’s Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdowns

    Open Access•Frederic Kiernan, Jane W Davidson•International Journal of…•2022

  • Loneliness, Social Isolation, and All-Cause Mortality in a Large Sample of Older Adults

    Open Access•Timothy L Barnes, Manik Ahuja et al.•Journal of Aging and Health•2022

  • The loneliness pandemic

    Olivia Sagan, David W Jones•Journal of Psychosocial Studies•2024

  • Neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage and loneliness

    Open Access•Tara Jamalishahni, Gavin Turrell et al.•BMC Public Health•2023

  • Lost in Thought or Just Lonely? Everyday Cognitive Competence in Middle Adulthood

    Open Access•Luka Juras, Marina Martincevic et al.•European Journal of Investigation…•2025

  • Psychometrics Validation of the WHO-5 Wellbeing Index in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Malaysia

    Open Access•Mpho M Pheko, Magen Mhaka-Mutepfa et al.•SAGE Open•2023

  • Oh my phone, I can't live without you”

    Triantoro Safaria, Yusti Probowati Rahayu et al.•Qualitative Research Journal•2024

  • The contribution of objective and perceived crime to neighbourhood socio-economic inequity in loneliness

    Open Access•Tara Jamalishahni, Melanie Davern et al.•Health & Place•2024

  • Health and psychological distress implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for single mothers in Israel

    Varda Soskolne, A Herbst-Debby•Journal of Family Studies•2022

  • Replication of the Police and Law Enforcement (PLE) Scale and extension to intersectional race/ethnicity and gender identity groupings

    Open Access•Hector Ismael Lopez-Vergara, Jodi M Sutherland Charvis et al.•Cultural Diversity & Ethnic…•2025

  • Beyond Neighbors

    Open Access•Catherine Lima-Chantre, Catherine L Chantre et al.•AIDS and Behavior•2025

  • Do internalized age stereotypes mediate the relationship between volunteering and social connectedness for adults 50

    Open Access•Andrew Steward, Andrew T Steward et al.•Journal of Aging Studies•2022

  • Social Capital vs. Financial Capital as Predictors of Future Subjective Well-being

    Open Access•Mohsen Joshanloo•Social Indicators Research•2025

  • Love, culture, and well-being

    Open Access•Magdalena Śmieja, Alicja Walczak et al.•International Journal of…•2025

  • Addressing Loneliness in the Era of Covid-19

    Open Access•Nicolas K Trad, J Frank Wharam et al.•JAMA Health Forum•2020

  • The relationship between urban green space and social interaction of the elderly

    Open Access•Min Wang, Mohd Khairul Azhar Mat Sulaiman et al.•Wellbeing Space and Society•2025

  • The impact of active social network sites use on depression

    Open Access•Jing Wu, Qianxiu Xiao et al.•South African Journal of Psychology•2024

  • Older People, Loneliness, Social Isolation and Technological Mitigations

    Open Access•Barbara Fawcett, Konstantina Karastoyanova•The British Journal of Social Work•2023

  • Loneliness is associated with a greater self‐reference effect in episodic memory when compared against a close friend

    Open Access•Laureta Kokici, Gratiela Chirtop et al.•British Journal of Psychology•2023

  • The Role of Acceptance in Everyday Loneliness Among Adults with Serious Mental Illness

    Open Access•Brian Mccormick, Eugene Brusilovskiy et al.•Community Mental Health Journal•2023

  • Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

    Open Access•Paul J Villeneuve, Gagan Gill et al.•Canadian Journal of Public Health•2023

  • Trends in loneliness in 17 European countries between 2006 and 2015

    Open Access•Simone Amendola, Agnes von Wyl•Journal of Health Psychology•2025

  • Spiraling resources and emotional well‐being

    Open Access•Weilong Zeng, Shaozhuang Ma et al.•Applied Psychology•2026

  • The Many Guises of Populism and Crisis

    Open Access•Paul J Maher, Adrian Lüders et al.•Political Psychology•2022

  • Loneliness in Later Life as Existential Inequality

    Open Access•Barbara Barbosa Neves, Alexandra Sanders et al.•Sociology•2024

  • When Technologies are Not Enough

    Open Access•Barbara Barbosa Neves, Jenny Waycott et al.•Sociological Research Online•2023

  • On Our Own

    Open Access•Eric Klinenberg, Jenny K Leigh•Social Problems•2024

  • Marginalization and Intersectionality in Adults' Relationship to Society Explain Increasing Loneliness

    Open Access•Kyla L Bauer, Sarah Eskew et al.•International Journal of…•2025

  • Using Photovoice as a Method for Capturing the Lived Experiences of Caregivers During Covid-19

    Open Access•Sheila A Boamah, Marie-Lee Yous et al.•International Journal of…•2022

  • The formal demography of kinship II

    Open Access•Hal Caswell•Demographic Research•2020

  • Peritraumatic Reactions Related to the Covid-19 Pandemic Among the Tunisian General Population

    Open Access•Mariem Turki, Wiem Bouattour et al.•Journal of Asian and African…•2021

  • Loneliness in Kenyan adolescents

    Open Access•Micaela Rodríguez, Tom L Osborn et al.•Transcultural Psychiatric…•2022

  • Feminist Loneliness Studies

    Open Access•Shoshana Magnet, Celeste E Orr•Feminist Theory•2022

  • A typology of social network interactions in sub-Saharan Africa

    Véronique Deslauriers, Simona Bignami et al.•Population Studies•2024

  • The social stigma of loneliness

    Open Access•Barbara Barbosa Neves, Alan Petersen•The Sociological Review•2025

  • Advances In Experimental Social Psychology

    Bertram Gawronski•Advances in Experimental Social…•2022

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  • Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality

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