Impact of loneliness on health in healthy populations: A meta‐analysis
Higher loneliness was associated with poorer health for healthy people. There are limited studies using (1) objective measurements of health outcomes in relation to loneliness, and (2) studies exploring the association among young people, highlighting a need for more work in those areas.
Authors
- Xinyang Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6699-8470)
- Pamela Qualter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6114-3820)
- A Alonso Martín
- Yixuan Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-5754)
- Marlies Maes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1710-5728)
- Cecilia Rollano
- Wahida Walibhai
- Maria Nukui
Institutions
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (ES)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Netherlands Youth Institute (NL)
- Taishan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- Published
- 2025-12-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.70040
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17