Loneliness in schizophrenia: Construct clarification, measurement, and clinical relevance

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 3; p. e0194021
• Main Authors: Eglit, Graham M. L., Palmer, Barton W., Martin, A’verria S., Tu, Xin, Jeste, Dilip V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.03.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aging; Analogies; Analysis; Anxiety; Anxiety - psychology; Bias; Biology and Life Sciences; Cognitive ability; Construction standards; Demographics; Depression (Mood disorder); Depression - psychology; Emotions; Environmental impact; Factor analysis; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Happiness; Health aspects; Humans; Hypothesis testing; Loneliness; Loneliness - psychology; Los Angeles; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health care; Middle Aged; Population; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Psychiatry; Psychometrics - methods; Psychosis; Quality of life; Resilience (Psychology); Schizoaffective disorder; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - physiopathology; Schizophrenic Psychology; Self esteem; Social isolation; Social Sciences; Well being; New York; La Jolla California; California; United States > US

Loneliness is a highly prevalent experience in schizophrenia. Theoretical models developed in the general population propose that loneliness is tantamount to a feeling of being unsafe, is accompanied by enhanced environmental threat perception, and leads to poor physical, emotional, and cognitive fu...