The Stability and Change of Loneliness Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.

IF 4.4 2区 化学 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
ACS Applied Polymer Materials Pub Date : 2020-02-01 Epub Date: 2019-06-10 DOI:10.1177/1088868319850738
Marcus Mund, Maren M Freuding, Kathrin Möbius, Nicole Horn, Franz J Neyer
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Individuals experience loneliness when they perceive a deficiency in the quality or quantity of their social relationships. In the present meta-analysis, we compiled data from 75 longitudinal studies conducted in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America (N = 83, 679) to examine the rank-order and mean-level development of loneliness across the life span. Data were analyzed using two- and three-level meta-analyses and generalized additive mixed models. The results indicate that the rank order of loneliness is as stable as the rank order of personality traits and follows an inverted U-shaped trajectory across the life span. Regarding mean-level development, loneliness was found to decrease throughout childhood and to remain essentially stable from adolescence to oldest old age. Thus, in contrast to other personality characteristics, changes in loneliness are not generally related to age. Implications for theory are discussed.

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孤独感在整个生命周期中的稳定性和变化:纵向研究的元分析。
当个人认为其社会关系的质量或数量不足时,他们就会感到孤独。在本荟萃分析中,我们汇编了在亚洲、澳大利亚、欧洲和北美进行的 75 项纵向研究的数据(N = 83,679),以研究孤独感在整个生命周期中的等级顺序和平均水平发展。数据采用两级和三级荟萃分析以及广义加性混合模型进行分析。结果表明,孤独感的等级顺序与人格特质的等级顺序一样稳定,并且在整个生命周期中呈倒 U 型轨迹。关于平均水平的发展,研究发现孤独感在整个童年时期都在下降,从青春期到老年期基本保持稳定。因此,与其他人格特征相比,孤独感的变化一般与年龄无关。本文讨论了孤独感对理论的影响。
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期刊介绍: ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology relevant to applications of polymers. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates fundamental knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into important polymer applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses relationships among structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, properties, and function as well as work that provide insights into mechanisms critical to the performance of the polymer for applications.
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