Exploring loneliness in individuals with diabetes – The role of childhood abuse and neglect, and personality functioning: Findings from a German population-based sample
Nearly a quarter of individuals with diabetes experience loneliness, particularly linked to emotional abuse. Impaired personality functioning, associated with interpersonal difficulties, appears as a shared mechanism for diabetes and loneliness. Considering loneliness and impairments in personality functioning might be highly important in research and clinical practice.
Authors
- Mareike Ernst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4952-9717)
- Tobias Nolte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6834-7727)
- Sandra Zara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9534-3572)
- Miriam Rassenhofer
- Johannes Kruse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-9610)
- Elmar Brähler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-2728)
- Hanna Kampling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5213-0179)
- Jörg Michael Fegert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6070-4323)
- Astrid Lampe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7028-9629)
- David Riedl
Institutions
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Anna Freud Centre (GB)
- Klinikum Klagenfurt (AT)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research (AT)
- Klinik für Psychosomatik (DE)
- IFB Adiposity Diseases (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- University Hospital Ulm (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- University of Klagenfurt (AT)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112390
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00