This Is The Real Consequence Of Feeling Lonely
April 6, 2015
Refinery 29:
Bad news for the lone wolves out there: New research suggests that, even if you love being alone, being lonely isn’t all that great for your health.
The study, published this month in Perspectives on Psychological Science, was a meta-analysis of previously-published studies looking at the relationship between social isolation and health. The researchers found 70 studies that qualified — with 3,407,134 participants overall. On average, the studies followed participants for about seven years while monitoring their levels of social isolation and loneliness as well as whether or not they had died.
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