Some employees who regularly work remotely
report feeling lonely and isolated because they miss out on face - to - face guidance from managers and support and advice from co-workers.
Quite the opposite: 43 percent of people
report feeling lonely — and there's a lot you can do about it.
They also were three times more likely to have been hospitalized for a psychiatric problem and more likely to
report feeling lonely and dissatisfied with life.
Studies have found that people who
report feeling lonely — regardless of the actual size of their network — are more likely to experience worse symptoms when they're sick.
Today, over 40 % of adults in America
report feeling lonely, and research suggests that the real number may well be higher.
In the workplace, many employees — and half of CEOs —
report feeling lonely in their roles.
Loneliness is a serious issue, with half a million people across Wales
reporting feeling lonely.
According to Statistics Canada, over 1.4 million senior Canadians
reported feeling lonely.
Not exact matches
The index, which surveyed over 20,000 U.S. adults, found that nearly half of survey respondents
reported sometimes or always
feeling alone (46 percent) or left out (47 percent) and younger generations
feel much
lonelier than older ones.
As a result, there is even more loneliness, with as many as 35 percent of Americans
reporting feeling very
lonely.
Surveys indicate as many as 65 % of seniors
report they're
lonely or
feel isolated.
Students spending more than six hours online per weekday outside school are particularly at risk of
reporting that they
feel lonely at school, and that they arrived late or skipped school.
The
report also highlighted students who
reported spending the most time online outside school were at greater risk of
feeling lonely at school, arriving late, or skipping lessons.
Women who live alone but with a companion animal
reported feeling significantly less
lonely than those without a companion animal.
Similarly, those with partners
reporting low relationship quality tended to
feel lonely.
If kids
reported that their parents were low in emotion coaching (i.e., not very good at helping the kid process and understand
feelings), then the kids were more likely to
feel lonely when they weren't happy about their peer - relationships.
This is especially important nowadays, as more and more people are
reporting they have no one to share important matters with and
feel lonely [32].
It is another when the child
reports that he or she
feels sorry for them and they can not see the other parent because «mom or dad will get
lonely.»