Loneliness Across the Life Span

Qualter, Pamela; Vanhalst, Janne; Harris, Rebecca; van Roekel, Eeske; M. A. Lodder, Gerine; Bangee, Munirah; Maes, Marlies; Verhagen, Maaike

doi:10.1177/1745691615568999

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Loneliness Across the Life Span

Published in Perspectives on Psychological Science • Mar 1, 2015

Authors:

Pamela Qualter

Janne Vanhalst

Rebecca Harris

Abstract

Most people have experienced loneliness and have been able to overcome it to reconnect with other people. In the current review, we provide a life-span perspective on one component of the evolutionary theory of loneliness-a component we refer to as the reaffiliation motive (RAM). The RAM represents ...

Subject

Loneliness

Psychology

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