Loneliness and Personality: Noise‐ and Bias‐Free True Correlations Between Loneliness and the Big Five Personality Domains
Overall, feeling lonely is more closely related to Neuroticism than previously understood, and the association endures over time.
Authors
- Andrew Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5897-2107)
- J Allik
- Yavor Dragostinov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-9614)
- Paddy Maher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4354-3550)
- Uku Vainik
- René Mõttus
- Anu Realo
Institutions
- Tallinn University (EE)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- McGill University (CA)
- Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
- University of Tartu (EE)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Personality
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70048
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00