Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Durham University, UK.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2022 Sep;48(9):1315-1330. doi: 10.1177/01461672211036602. Epub 2021 Aug 25.
We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected between March and May 2020. The results demonstrated that although online contacts help to reduce feelings of loneliness, people who feel more lonely are less likely to use that strategy. Solidarity played only a small role in shaping feelings of loneliness during lockdown. Thus, it seems we must look beyond the current focus on online contact and solidarity to help people address feelings of loneliness during lockdown. Finally, online contacts did not function as a substitute for face-to-face contacts outside the home-in fact, more frequent online contact in earlier weeks predicted face-to-face contacts in later weeks. As such, this work provides relevant insights into how individuals manage the impact of restrictions on their social lives.
我们研究了在 2020 年初 COVID-19 封锁期间，社会联系和团结感如何影响孤独感。从 PsyCorona 数据库中，我们获取了 2020 年 3 月至 5 月间 23 个国家的纵向数据。结果表明，虽然在线联系有助于减少孤独感，但感到更孤独的人不太可能使用这种策略。在封锁期间，团结感在塑造孤独感方面作用较小。因此，似乎我们必须超越当前对在线联系和团结的关注，以帮助人们在封锁期间应对孤独感。最后，在线联系并没有替代家庭以外的面对面接触——事实上，早期更频繁的在线联系预示着后期更频繁的面对面接触。因此，这项工作为了解个人如何应对社交生活限制的影响提供了相关的见解。
