Introduction Loneliness has significant impacts on the health of older adults. Social networks
help to improve psychosocial and quality of life outcomes among older adults. A fifth of older�…

The internet enables communication with social partners and has been found to be related
to higher psychological well-being among older adults. Using data from the representative�…

Background This study aimed to examine the relationship between willingness to participate
in physical activity (PA) and social activity (SA) and loneliness among community-dwelling�…

Aims: Prolonged loneliness and severe stress are increasingly recognised as public health
concerns and considered risk factors for mental disorders, somatic illnesses and mortality�…

As one of the dark sides of smartphone use, phubbing (ie, snubbing others during face‐to‐
face interactions by using their smartphones) has drawn increased attention in recent years�…

There are growing calls from researchers and policy makers to redefine loneliness and
social isolation (SI) as public health issues, and to move towards a transdisciplinary�…

Background In modern industrialized countries, loneliness has been declared an epidemic.
The present paper aimed to replicate previous findings about the dimensionality of the�…

The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying public health measures have exacerbated
many risk factors for depression in older adulthood. The objectives of the current study�…

Abstract Background and Objectives Loneliness and exclusion from social relations (ESR)
are frequently addressed as public health issues for older adults. Public discourses�…

Mental health is a crisis for learners globally, and digital support is increasingly seen as a
critical resource. Concurrently, Intelligent Social Agents receive exponentially more�…