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The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Increased risk of mortality associated with social isolation in older men: only when feeling lonely? Results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly (AMSTEL) (2011) · doi

  Few studies have investigated the possible associations of loneliness with mortality risk, impact on men and women and whether this impact concerns the situation of being alone (social isolation), experiencing loneliness (feeling lonely) or both.

  Keywords: loneliness impact investigated possible associations mortality risk women whether concerns situation alone social isolation experiencing
• The mediating role of loneliness on relations between face-to-face and virtual interactions and psychological well-being across age: A 21-day diary study (2022) · doi

  Despite the prevalence of communicating with others virtually even when physically alone, whether the social interaction–loneliness–well-being relationship is different between face-to-face and virtual interactions and between younger and older adults is relatively understudied.

  Keywords: face despite prevalence communicating others virtually even physically alone whether social interaction loneliness well relationship
• Some communicator correlates of loneliness (1985) · doi

  Since few studies have examined how communicator characteristics may predispose individuals to loneliness and perpetuate the condition once it has developed, this essay explores the relationships between such characteristics and loneliness.

  Keywords: characteristics loneliness examined communicator predispose individuals perpetuate condition once developed essay explores relationships