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Aging and Loneliness: Downhill Quickly?
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Levels of loneliness are relatively stable across most of adult life, but correlates of loneliness show age differences. We review evidence of age differences in associations between loneliness and individual differences in health behaviors, stress exposure, physiological stress responses, appraisal and coping, and restorative processes. The effects of each of these pathways endow loneliness with the capacity to accelerate the rate of physiological decline with age. Additional research across the lifespan is required to understand the nature of accrued loneliness effects on health behavior and physiology in the short and long term.
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The effects of loneliness accrue over time to accelerate physiological aging.
“The effects of loneliness seem to accrue over time to accelerate physiological aging [20].”
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Elevated SBP is a well-known risk factor for chronic cardiovascular disease, and these data suggest that the effects of loneliness accrue to accelerate movement along a trajectory toward serious health consequences.
“Elevated SBP is a well-known risk factor for chronic cardiovascular disease, and these data suggest that the effects of loneliness accrue to accelerate movement along a trajectory toward serious health consequences [20].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hawkley, L. C., & Cacioppo, J. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hawkley, Louise C.
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 187-191
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2113961844
- Cited by
- 419
- References
- 7
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- FWCI
- 10.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- loneliness, aging, age differences, health behavior, stress exposure, physiological stress response, stress appraisal, coping, reparative processes, physiological decline, lifespan development
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