Loneliness

Today we put loneliness in the spotlight! We had a lot to talk about regarding loneliness during college. Once you're finished listening to this episode, listen to our previous episodes for more engaging conversations on our lived experiences in college! Our podcast hosts in this episode are Darin Spitzer, Nathan Brown, Christian Ihekweazu, Deena Warid, and Owen Eastman. The research articles from this episode are listed below: Ausie, R. K., & Poerwandari, K. (2021). The role of loneliness and self-compassion as predictors of depressive symptoms in college students. Jurnal Psikologi, 20(2), 178–186. https://doi.org/10.14710/jp.20.2.178-186 Besse, R., Whitaker, W. K., & Brannon, L. A. (2022). Loneliness Among College Students: The Influence of Targeted Messages on Befriending. Psychological reports, 125(2), 1121–1144. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294121993067 Hysing, M., Petrie, K. J., Bøe, T., Lønning, K. J., & Sivertsen, B. (2020). Only the lonely: A study of loneliness among university students in Norway. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v2i1.2781 K. Bhagchandani, R. (2017). Effect of loneliness on the psychological well-being of college students. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 60–64. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijssh.2017.v7.796 Liu, H., Zhang, M., Yang, Q., & Yu, B. (2019). Gender differences in the influence of social isolation and loneliness on depressive symptoms in college students: A longitudinal study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55(2), 251–257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01726-6 Moeller, Robert W.; Seehuus, Martin. 73(2019). Loneliness as a mediator for college students' social skills and experiences of depression and anxiety. Journal of Adolescence. Morrish, N., Choudhury, S., & Medina-Lara, A. (2023). What works in Interventions targeting loneliness: A systematic review of intervention characteristics. BMC Public Health, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17097-2 Vasileiou, K., Barnett, J., Barreto, M., Vines, J., Atkinson, M., Long, K., Bakewell, L., Lawson, S., & Wilson, M. (2019). Coping with loneliness at university: A qualitative interview study with students in the UK. Mental Health & Prevention, 13, 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2018.11.002 Zhou, X. (2018) A Review of Researches Workplace Loneliness. Psychology, 9, 1005-1022. doi: 10.4236/psych.2018.95064.