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Loneliness: Another Study Paints a Bleak Picture
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<blockquote data-quote="CoastWatcher" data-source="post: 110975" data-attributes="member: 2624"><p>Loneliness isn't just a fleeting feeling, leaving us sad for a few hours to a few days. Research in recent years suggests that for many people, loneliness is more like a chronic ache, affecting their daily lives and sense of well-being.</p><p>Now a <a href="https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8294451-cigna-us-loneliness-survey/" target="_blank">nationwide survey</a> by the health insurer Cigna underscores that. It finds that loneliness is widespread in America, with nearly 50 percent of respondents reporting that they feel alone or left out always or sometimes.</p><p>Using one of the best-known tools for measuring loneliness — <a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.39.3.472" target="_blank">the UCLA Loneliness Scale</a> — Cigna surveyed 20,000 adults online across the country. The University of California, Los Angeles tool uses a series of statements and a formula to calculate a loneliness score based on responses. Scores on the UCLA scale range from 20 to 80. People scoring 43 and above were considered lonely in the Cigna survey, with a higher score suggesting a greater level of loneliness and social isolation.</p><p>More than half of survey respondents — 54 percent — said they always or sometimes feel that no one knows them well. Fifty-six percent reported they sometimes or always felt like the people around them "are not necessarily <em>with</em> them." And 2 in 5 felt like "they lack companionship," that their "relationships aren't meaningful" and that they "are isolated from others."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden," <em>NPR, May 1, 2018, </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/01/606588504/americans-are-a-lonely-lot-and-young-people-bear-the-heaviest-burden" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/01/606588504/americans-are-a-lonely-lot-and-young-people-bear-the-heaviest-burden</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoastWatcher, post: 110975, member: 2624"] Loneliness isn't just a fleeting feeling, leaving us sad for a few hours to a few days. Research in recent years suggests that for many people, loneliness is more like a chronic ache, affecting their daily lives and sense of well-being. Now a [URL="https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8294451-cigna-us-loneliness-survey/"]nationwide survey[/URL] by the health insurer Cigna underscores that. It finds that loneliness is widespread in America, with nearly 50 percent of respondents reporting that they feel alone or left out always or sometimes. Using one of the best-known tools for measuring loneliness — [URL="http://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.39.3.472"]the UCLA Loneliness Scale[/URL] — Cigna surveyed 20,000 adults online across the country. The University of California, Los Angeles tool uses a series of statements and a formula to calculate a loneliness score based on responses. Scores on the UCLA scale range from 20 to 80. People scoring 43 and above were considered lonely in the Cigna survey, with a higher score suggesting a greater level of loneliness and social isolation. More than half of survey respondents — 54 percent — said they always or sometimes feel that no one knows them well. Fifty-six percent reported they sometimes or always felt like the people around them "are not necessarily [I]with[/I] them." And 2 in 5 felt like "they lack companionship," that their "relationships aren't meaningful" and that they "are isolated from others." "Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden," [I]NPR, May 1, 2018, [/I][URL]https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/01/606588504/americans-are-a-lonely-lot-and-young-people-bear-the-heaviest-burden[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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