Associations between loneliness and personality are mostly driven by a genetic association with Neuroticism.

Abdel AbdellaouiHsi-Yuan ChenGonneke WillemsenErik A EhliGareth E DaviesKarin J H VerweijMichel G NivardEco J C de GeusDorret I BoomsmaJohn T Cacioppo

Published in: Journal of personality (2018)

We show that the relationship between loneliness and personality is largely explained by its relationship with Neuroticism, which is substantially genetic in nature.

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