1 Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey.
2 Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2018 Aug;64(5):427-435. doi: 10.1177/0020764018776349. Epub 2018 May 23.
Negative emotions, which have a common, chronic and recurrent structure, play a vital role in the development and maintenance of psychopathology. In this study, loneliness as a negative emotion was considered to be a predisposing factor in depression.
The aim of this meta-analysis is to determine the effect of loneliness on depression.
Initially, a literature scan was performed and all related literature was pooled together ( n = 531). Based on scales determined by the researchers, it was decided to include 88 studies in the analysis. This study obtained a sampling group of 40,068 individuals.
The results of using a random effects model for analysis showed that loneliness had a moderately significant effect on depression. None of the variables of study sampling group, type of publication and publication year were found to be moderator variables.
According to the results of the research, loneliness may be said to be a significant variable affecting depression. The findings obtained are discussed in light of the literature.
具有普遍、慢性和复发性结构的负面情绪在精神病理学的发展和维持中起着至关重要的作用。在这项研究中，孤独感被认为是抑郁的一个潜在因素。
本荟萃分析旨在确定孤独感对抑郁的影响。
最初进行了文献扫描，并将所有相关文献汇集在一起（n=531）。根据研究人员确定的量表，决定对 88 项研究进行分析。这项研究获得了 40068 人的抽样群体。
使用随机效应模型进行分析的结果表明，孤独感对抑郁有中度显著影响。研究抽样群体、出版物类型和出版年份的变量都没有被发现是调节变量。
根据研究结果，可以说孤独感是影响抑郁的一个重要变量。研究结果结合文献进行了讨论。
