Lonely in a crowd: investigating the association between overcrowding and loneliness using smartphone technologies

Abstract Loneliness is a major public health concern with links to social and environmental factors. Previous studies have typically investigated loneliness as a stable emotional state using retrospective cross-sectional designs. Yet people experience different levels of loneliness throughout the da...

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Published in:	Scientific Reports
Main Authors:	Ryan Hammoud, Stefania Tognin, Ioannis Bakolis, Daniela Ivanova, Naomi Fitzpatrick, Lucie Burgess, Michael Smythe, Johanna Gibbons, Neil Davidson, Andrea Mechelli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03398-2