The Emotional Burden of Loneliness and its Association with Mental Health Outcomes.

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-19 DOI:10.1007/s12529-023-10255-1

Lambros Lazuras, Antonia Ypsilanti, Emma Mullings

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Abstract

Background: The present study examined, for the first time, the emotional burden of loneliness on dimensions of emotional valence and arousal, and its association with mental health outcomes.

Method: A cross-sectional design was used, and data were collected from 503 adults across the UK with an online survey. Measures included socio-demographic characteristics, self-reported measures of loneliness and social isolation, affective ratings (i.e., valence and arousal) of loneliness experiences, and symptoms of depression and anxiety as mental health outcomes.

Results: The emotional burden of loneliness differed significantly across groups with differing loneliness experiences, and females scored significantly higher in the emotional burden of loneliness than males. The emotional burden of loneliness was associated with both depression and anxiety symptoms, and respectively added 4.7% and 6.2% of the variance, on top of measures of loneliness frequency and social isolation.

Conclusions: Measuring the valence and arousal dimensions of loneliness experiences advances our understanding of loneliness experiences and its association with mental health outcomes. The theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of our study are discussed.

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孤独的情感负担及其与心理健康结果的关系

研究背景本研究首次探讨了孤独在情绪价值和唤醒维度上的情感负担及其与心理健康结果的关系：研究采用横断面设计，通过在线调查收集了英国 503 名成年人的数据。测量指标包括社会人口特征、自我报告的孤独感和社会隔离度、孤独体验的情感评级（即情绪价值和唤醒）以及作为心理健康结果的抑郁和焦虑症状：不同孤独经历的群体在孤独情绪负担方面存在显著差异，女性在孤独情绪负担方面的得分明显高于男性。孤独的情绪负担与抑郁和焦虑症状相关，分别增加了4.7%和6.2%的方差，此外还有孤独频率和社会隔离的测量值：结论：测量孤独体验的情绪和唤醒维度有助于我们了解孤独体验及其与心理健康结果的关系。本文讨论了我们的研究在理论、方法和实践方面的意义。

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International Journal of Behavioral Medicine PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM) is the official scientific journal of the International Society for Behavioral Medicine (ISBM). IJBM seeks to present the best theoretically-driven, evidence-based work in the field of behavioral medicine from around the globe. IJBM embraces multiple theoretical perspectives, research methodologies, groups of interest, and levels of analysis. The journal is interested in research across the broad spectrum of behavioral medicine, including health-behavior relationships, the prevention of illness and the promotion of health, the effects of illness on the self and others, the effectiveness of novel interventions, identification of biobehavioral mechanisms, and the influence of social factors on health. We welcome experimental, non-experimental, quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies as well as implementation and dissemination research, integrative reviews, and meta-analyses.