People often say that poverty is loud, but wealth whispers. The same can be said of an active social life. When you’re not lonely, you’re quietly confident. You don’t try to steal attention or make a ...

Is loneliness a health hazard? Psychologists believe it is, though people may overlook it. "Loneliness has very real and significant impacts on mental and physical health, social support systems and ...

A study of nearly 400,000 home care recipients found that lonely older adults had an 18-23% lower risk of dying within a year compared to non-lonely peers The findings contradict previous research on ...

The truth is that there is no male loneliness epidemic, and most of us know that. It doesn’t exist, at least not in the way ...

More women over 40 are walking away from dating, and they’re not looking back. A 2020 Pew Research Center report found that ...

In the documentary “Join or Die” (on Netflix), the social scientist Robert Putnam explores the benefits of simply joining a ...