Open AccessIs Loneliness Adaptive? A Dynamic Panel Model Study of Older U.S. Adults
Author(s) -
Aniruddha Das
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa154
Subject(s) - loneliness , sociality , psychology , psychosocial , health and retirement study , developmental psychology , interpersonal ties , social support , attendance , social isolation , social psychology , gerontology , medicine , biology , psychiatry , ecology , economics , economic growth
Recent evolutionary psychological theory proposes that loneliness is an adaptive mechanism, designed to trigger maintenance and repair of social ties. No population representative analyses have probed loneliness effects on sociality. The present study addressed this gap.