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The research leading to these results has received funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grant # PI19/00235). Elvira Lara's work is supported by Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral programme (Ref. IJC2019-041846-I) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Chiara Castelletti and Blanca Dolz del Castellar's works are supported by the programme "Contratos predoctorales para Formacion de Personal Investigador, FPI-UAM," Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Hannah Mercier is supported by Craig H. Neilsen Foundation (grant # 853991) and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (grant # 90SFGE0024-01-00).

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Castelletti, ChiaraAuthorDel Castellar, Blanca DolzAuthorMiret, MartaAuthorLara, ElviraCorresponding Author

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November 15, 2024
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Loneliness and Subjective Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Publicated to:JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 158 (6): 403-427 - 2024-02-15 158(6), DOI: 10.1080/00223980.2024.2319172

Authors: Castelletti, Chiara; del Castellar, Blanca Dolz; Miret, Marta; Mercier, Hannah; Lara, Elvira

Affiliations

Ctr Invest Biomed Red Salud Mental, Madrid, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Sanit Princesa IIS Princesa, Madrid, Spain - Author
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY USA - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Personal Evaluat & Clin Psychol, Campus Somosaguas, Madrid 28223, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

To prevent the transmission of COVID-19, unprecedented measures were implemented, such as community lockdowns. With limited social interactions, the problem of loneliness might have worsened. As loneliness is thought to have a detrimental effect on subjective wellbeing (SWB), the present systematic review aims to better investigate and summarize the existing evidence about the association of loneliness and SWB during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 18 articles were included. In all studies, independently of the component of wellbeing assessed or of the instrument used, a negative association between loneliness and SWB was found. The results show an increase in loneliness during times of restrictions on social contacts, with a subsequent association with lower SWB, and underscore the need for developing specific interventions to tackle loneliness and for promoting alternative forms of social interaction if further physical distancing measures are needed. However, the literature had several limitations, since most of the studies followed cross-sectional and descriptive methodologies.

Keywords

AdultsCovid-19HappinessHealthHumansLifeLonelinessQualityQuality of lifeReliabilityScaleSizSocial interactionValidationValidityWellnesWellness

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Education.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-03:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 13 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 9.7.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CASTELLETTI, CHIARA) and Last Author (LARA PEREZ, ELVIRA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been LARA PEREZ, ELVIRA.