Journal article
Dynamics of Social Experiences in the Context of Extended Lockdown
A Tran, V Bianchi, EK Moeck, B Clarke, I Moore, SJH Burney, P Koval, EK Kalokerinos, KH Greenaway
Social Psychological and Personality Science | Published : 2024
Open access
Abstract
Social interaction and loneliness have received much research interest. However, the direction of their relationship is unclear—does social interaction shape loneliness, or does loneliness shape willingness to interact? We explored dynamics of these social experiences under exceptional circumstances: COVID-19 lockdowns, which were necessary for public health but impacted people’s social lives. We investigated the relationship between social interaction and loneliness in and out of lockdown in Australia. We used experience sampling methodology to follow 233 people across 1 week (Mage=30; 8,495 surveys) in a period that spanned one of the longest lockdowns in the world. Although loneliness did..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project awarded to the final two authors DP190103072) and an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship awarded to the senior author (FT190100300).