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Levels of Loneliness

Ayoma, Karla Caressa
Bajana, Sheema B.
Flores, Cil Antonette
Galdo, Geneva
Muñoz, Regina
Ocaña, Kim
Loneliness is a universal human emotion, yet it is
both complex and unique to each individual.
Loneliness has no single common cause, so the
preventions and treatments for this damaging state of
mind vary dramatically.

                      - Kendra Cherry
Loneliness
- a state of mind
- causes people to feel empty, alone and
   unwanted
- Loneliness, according to many experts, is not
   necessarily about being alone. Instead, it is
   the perception of being alone and isolated
   that matters most
Causes of Loneliness
• According to research by John Cacioppo, a
  University of Chicago psychologist and one of
  the top loneliness experts, loneliness is
  strongly connected to genetics. Other
  contributing factors include situational
  variables, such as physical isolation, moving to
  a new location and divorce. The death of
  someone significant in a person's life can also
  lead to feelings of loneliness.
Loneliness can also be attributed to internal
factors such as low self-esteem. People who
lack confidence in themselves often believe
that they are unworthy of the attention or
regard of other people. This can lead to
isolation and chronic loneliness.
Theories of Loneliness

• Loneliness holds that deficiencies in specific
  provisions of social relationships contribute to
  specific types of lonely feelings
• Loneliness arises from social skill deficits and
  personality traits that impair the formation
  and maintenance of social relationships
• Loneliness is aversive, but that is not
  necessarily a bad thing.
• The quality of the relationship determines the
  degree of protection against loneliness.
• Loneliness is associated with
  shyness, neuroticism, and depressive
  symptoms, as well as low self-
  esteem, pessimism, low
  conscientiousness, and disagreeableness.
• Some social circumstances are fairly uniformly
  associated with an increased tendency toward
  loneliness
Lonely feelings are typically measured using a
variety of items that assess the degree to which
respondents endorse thoughts and feelings
characteristic of loneliness (e.g., “I feel alone,” “I
lack companionship,” “I do not feel part of a
group of friends”). The result is a continuum in
which the intensity and/or frequency of lonely
feelings can range from very low (i.e., equivalent
to feelings of social connectedness) to very high.
On average, lonely feelings are low to moderate
in the general population with only a relatively
small percentage of individuals experiencing
intense lonely feelings at any given time. When
asked simply whether or not they are currently
feeling lonely, approximately twenty percent of
the population will respond affirmatively.
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Levels of loneliness

  • 1. Levels of Loneliness Ayoma, Karla Caressa Bajana, Sheema B. Flores, Cil Antonette Galdo, Geneva Muñoz, Regina Ocaña, Kim
  • 2. Loneliness is a universal human emotion, yet it is both complex and unique to each individual. Loneliness has no single common cause, so the preventions and treatments for this damaging state of mind vary dramatically. - Kendra Cherry
  • 3. Loneliness - a state of mind - causes people to feel empty, alone and unwanted - Loneliness, according to many experts, is not necessarily about being alone. Instead, it is the perception of being alone and isolated that matters most
  • 4. Causes of Loneliness • According to research by John Cacioppo, a University of Chicago psychologist and one of the top loneliness experts, loneliness is strongly connected to genetics. Other contributing factors include situational variables, such as physical isolation, moving to a new location and divorce. The death of someone significant in a person's life can also lead to feelings of loneliness.
  • 5. Loneliness can also be attributed to internal factors such as low self-esteem. People who lack confidence in themselves often believe that they are unworthy of the attention or regard of other people. This can lead to isolation and chronic loneliness.
  • 6. Theories of Loneliness • Loneliness holds that deficiencies in specific provisions of social relationships contribute to specific types of lonely feelings • Loneliness arises from social skill deficits and personality traits that impair the formation and maintenance of social relationships • Loneliness is aversive, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
  • 7. • The quality of the relationship determines the degree of protection against loneliness. • Loneliness is associated with shyness, neuroticism, and depressive symptoms, as well as low self- esteem, pessimism, low conscientiousness, and disagreeableness. • Some social circumstances are fairly uniformly associated with an increased tendency toward loneliness
  • 8. Lonely feelings are typically measured using a variety of items that assess the degree to which respondents endorse thoughts and feelings characteristic of loneliness (e.g., “I feel alone,” “I lack companionship,” “I do not feel part of a group of friends”). The result is a continuum in which the intensity and/or frequency of lonely feelings can range from very low (i.e., equivalent to feelings of social connectedness) to very high. On average, lonely feelings are low to moderate in the general population with only a relatively small percentage of individuals experiencing intense lonely feelings at any given time. When asked simply whether or not they are currently feeling lonely, approximately twenty percent of the population will respond affirmatively.
  • 9. hApPy biRthdEiyZzZ Regina!!!!  WE LOVE YOU!!! <3 mWaAahzZzZz!! Jejejejejejejeje! :*