ArticleEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2025
Temporal patterns of loneliness and their associations with mental health outcomes: Observations from a longitudinal study.
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- Loneliness is linked to reduced calibration of confidence to uncertainty in social decision-making.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Loneliness Biases Social Engagement Decisions: Evidence From Value-Based Choice Models.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Smartphone addiction and its associated factors among public university students in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- An idiographic network approach to modeling daily loneliness and paranoia in psychosis: implications for personalized interventions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoneliness is a global public health concern. Investigating loneliness in the general population offers a greater generalizability across various levels of health-related impairments, the identification of at-risk individuals, the detection of different loneliness severity levels, and broader insights into social determinants. Previous studies have shown that loneliness might be a transient or chronic experience, depending on how consistently it is reported across at least two timepoints. This study aimed to assess differential associations of chronic and transient with various domains of psychopathology.
methodsParticipants were enrolled from the general population and assessed at two timepoints spanning 6-7 months. Depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and paranoid thoughts were measured using self-reports. The data were analyzed using binary logistic regressions.
resultsAltogether, 3,275 participants completed both assessments with a retention rate of 64.2%. Chronic loneliness was associated with higher baseline and follow-up scores across all symptom domains. The strongest association was observed for social anxiety. Transient loneliness was not robustly associated with symptom scores. It was not significantly associated with depressive symptoms (at either of timepoints) and paranoid ideation (at baseline). The strongest association was observed for generalized anxiety. Chronic loneliness, compared to transient loneliness, was associated with significantly higher odds of social anxiety, depressive symptoms, and paranoid ideation, but not generalized anxiety.
conclusionsBoth transient and chronic loneliness are associated with mental health outcomes, with the latter one showing generally stronger associations. Risk stratification and early intervention among individuals experiencing loneliness might be needed to prevent the development of more severe psychopathology.
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