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Development of loneliness and social isolation after spousal loss: A systematic review of longitudinal studies on widowhood.

Kerri NiinoMolly A PatapoffBrent T MausbachHui LiuAlison A MooreBenjamin H HanBarton W PalmerDylan J Jester
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
As the world grapples with a social pandemic of loneliness and social isolation, widowed adults may be uniquely affected. Few studies investigated the longitudinal trajectory of loneliness and especially social isolation in widowhood, and those that did found heterogenous results. Future work is needed to understand why some widowed adults are uniquely affected by feelings of loneliness and social isolation while others are not, and whether potentially modifiable factors that moderate or mediate this relationship could be leveraged by psychosocial interventions.
Keyphrases
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