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Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020.

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van Breen, JA; Kutlaca, M; Koç, Y; Jeronimus, BF; Reitsema, AM; Jovanović, V; Agostini, M; Bélanger, JJ; Gützkow, B; Kreienkamp, J; Ahmedi, V ...
Published in: Personality & social psychology bulletin
September 2022

We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected between March and May 2020. The results demonstrated that although online contacts help to reduce feelings of loneliness, people who feel more lonely are less likely to use that strategy. Solidarity played only a small role in shaping feelings of loneliness during lockdown. Thus, it seems we must look beyond the current focus on online contact and solidarity to help people address feelings of loneliness during lockdown. Finally, online contacts did not function as a substitute for face-to-face contacts outside the home-in fact, more frequent online contact in earlier weeks predicted more frequent face-to-face contacts in later weeks. As such, this work provides relevant insights into how individuals manage the impact of restrictions on their social lives.

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Personality & social psychology bulletin

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EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

September 2022

Volume

48

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1315 / 1330

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Loneliness
  • Humans
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • COVID-19
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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van Breen, J. A., Kutlaca, M., Koç, Y., Jeronimus, B. F., Reitsema, A. M., Jovanović, V., … Leander, N. P. (2022). Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1315–1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211036602
Breen, Jolien A. van, Maja Kutlaca, Yasin Koç, Bertus F. Jeronimus, Anne Margit Reitsema, Veljko Jovanović, Maximilian Agostini, et al. “Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin 48, no. 9 (September 2022): 1315–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211036602.
van Breen JA, Kutlaca M, Koç Y, Jeronimus BF, Reitsema AM, Jovanović V, et al. Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2022 Sep;48(9):1315–30.
van Breen, Jolien A., et al. “Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020.Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 9, Sept. 2022, pp. 1315–30. Epmc, doi:10.1177/01461672211036602.
van Breen JA, Kutlaca M, Koç Y, Jeronimus BF, Reitsema AM, Jovanović V, Agostini M, Bélanger JJ, Gützkow B, Kreienkamp J, Abakoumkin G, Khaiyom JHA, Ahmedi V, Akkas H, Almenara CA, Atta M, Bagci SC, Basel S, Berisha Kida E, Bernardo ABI, Buttrick NR, Chobthamkit P, Choi H-S, Cristea M, Csaba S, Damnjanovic K, Danyliuk I, Dash A, Di Santo D, Douglas KM, Enea V, Faller DG, Fitzsimons G, Gheorghiu A, Gómez Á, Hamaidia A, Han Q, Helmy M, Hudiyana J, Jiang D-Y, Kamenov Ž, Kende A, Keng S-L, Kieu TTT, Kovyazina K, Kozytska I, Krause J, Kruglanski AW, Kurapov A, Lantos NA, Lemay EP, Lesmana CBJ, Louis WR, Lueders A, Malik NI, Martinez A, McCabe K, Mehulić J, Milla MN, Mohammed I, Molinario E, Moyano M, Muhammad H, Mula S, Muluk H, Myroniuk S, Najafi R, Nisa CF, Nyúl B, O’Keefe PA, Olivas Osuna JJ, Osin EN, Park J, Pica G, Pierro A, Rees J, Resta E, Rullo M, Ryan MK, Samekin A, Santtila P, Sasin E, Schumpe BM, Selim HA, Stanton MV, Sultana S, Sutton RM, Tseliou E, Utsugi A, van Lissa CJ, van Veen K, vanDellen MR, Vázquez A, Wollast R, Wai-Lan Yeung V, Zand S, Žeželj IL, Zheng B, Zick A, Zúñiga C, Leander NP. Lockdown Lives: A Longitudinal Study of Inter-Relationships Among Feelings of Loneliness, Social Contacts, and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Early 2020. Personality & social psychology bulletin. 2022 Sep;48(9):1315–1330.
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Published In

Personality & social psychology bulletin

DOI

EISSN

1552-7433

ISSN

0146-1672

Publication Date

September 2022

Volume

48

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1315 / 1330

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Psychology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Loneliness
  • Humans
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • COVID-19
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology