Global study finds those who are young, male and living in an 'individualistic' country could be more vulnerable to feelings of loneliness. FMTNews FMTLifestyle Depression Loneliness Health
Young people may be at a higher risk of loneliness, according to new research.
Carried out by Exeter, Manchester and Brunel universities, the new study is the first published research from the BBC Loneliness Experiment, which looked at 46,054 participants aged 16 to 99 living across 237 countries, islands and territories to investigate how culture, age and gender might influence loneliness.
“Contrary to what people may expect, loneliness is not a predicament unique to older people,” said Professor Manuela Barreto, of the University of Exeter. “In fact, younger people report greater feelings of loneliness.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, those living in “individualistic” societies such as the USA or the UK, where there is an emphasis on the individual over the entire group, also reported higher levels of loneliness, compared to those living in a “collectivist” society, such as China or Brazil, which values the needs of a group or a community over the individual.
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