{"id":170071,"date":"2021-02-24T20:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T01:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=170071"},"modified":"2021-02-24T21:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T02:29:35","slug":"research-shows-alarming-numbers-of-americans-are-lonely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/research-shows-alarming-numbers-of-americans-are-lonely\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Shows \u2018Alarming Numbers Of Americans Are Lonely\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresearch-shows-alarming-numbers-of-americans-are-lonely%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=170071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/62AB95DB-83A1-4B1D-9BB3-80D2BCEBE48E_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new survey released by researchers at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Education shows that loneliness is on the rise in the United States and depicts how it can lead to a wide range of other health problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking Caring Common\u201d is a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The group conducted the survey in October and published it this month in a project <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5b7c56e255b02c683659fe43\/t\/6021776bdd04957c4557c212\/1612805995893\/Loneliness+in+America+2021_02_08_FINAL.pdf\">report<\/a>. The survey results suggest that 36% of all Americans feel \u201cserious loneliness.\u201d This grouping includes 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children. The report was done based on an online survey of approximately 950 Americans. The data is considered preliminary, but might give some insight into the mental state of some Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The summary of the report acknowledges that Americans need to practice distancing measures in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus. However, the authors argue that we also need to be intentional about ways to alleviate loneliness, especially for those that are particularly negatively affected by it.<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that 36% of respondents reported feeling lonely \u201cfrequently\u201d or \u201calmost all the time or all the time\u201d in the prior four weeks. Respondents also stated that they felt an increase in loneliness since the pandemic started.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/pandemic-loneliness-is-hitting-young-adults-especially-hard-11614104792?mod=e2tw\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> spoke with Dr. Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Education who directs the Making Caring Common project, which studied community and interfamily relationships through the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s in our consciousness that the elderly are the ones who are lonely, but young people are lonely, too,\u201d Dr. Weissbourd said.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to common considerations about the elderly being the loneliest members of society, the survey showed something different. <a href=\"http:\/\/wsj.com\/articles\/pandemic-loneliness-is-hitting-young-adults-especially-hard-11614104792?mod=e2tw\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> noted the research found that \u201c61% of young people ages 18 to 25 reported serious loneliness in the prior month, compared with 24% in adults ages 55 to 65.\u201d It displayed that the levels of loneliness among people in their late teens and early 20s were the highest in adults ages 18 to 65.<\/p>\n<p>The late teens and early 20s can be a difficult time without the added stress of a pandemic. \u201cThey are not anchored to their families and may be grappling with some life-defining decisions,\u201d from relationships to career paths, Weissbourd said, adding, \u201cSince the pandemic, they don\u2019t have access to young people in the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mothers with young children also reported experiencing high levels of loneliness. 35% of parents reported frequent loneliness, but the percentage of mothers was much higher \u2014 at 51%. Weissbourd noted that the pandemic has added stress for mothers while also potentially taking away their capability to have connections with people. 47% of mothers <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5b7c56e255b02c683659fe43\/t\/6021776bdd04957c4557c212\/1612805995893\/Loneliness+in+America+2021_02_08_FINAL.pdf\">reported<\/a> an increased feeling of loneliness since the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Weissbourd added that the pandemic altered the normal social experience for children, including a lack of time with grandparents and friends. Social media has created another dimension to Americans\u2019 experiences connecting with one another this year since people have been physically separated. Weissbourd noted that social media can make loneliness worse. \u201cSocial media is such a curated self-display, filled with posing, and a lot of what they see is how happy people are,\u201d he says. \u201cThat can magnify loneliness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked how people can combat the feelings of loneliness, Dr. Weissbourd said that making a point to add social interactions throughout one\u2019s day can help. \u201cA lot of people are so depleted right now that a simple hello can be really meaningful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The report adds, \u201cLoneliness is a culprit in a whole slew of problems, including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, heart disease, and domestic abuse\u2014problems that all appear to be ticking up during the pandemic\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The health effects of the pandemic could be felt for a long time in America. The ability for human beings to reconnect with one another is not only a mental health issue, but it should be included as a concern for the physical health of Americans when leaders are considering when and how to reopen the country.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><em>member<\/em><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey released by researchers at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Education shows that loneliness is on the rise in the United States and depicts how it can lead to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274176,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/62AB95DB-83A1-4B1D-9BB3-80D2BCEBE48E_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Research Shows \u2018Alarming Numbers Of Americans Are Lonely\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/62AB95DB-83A1-4B1D-9BB3-80D2BCEBE48E_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Research Shows \u2018Alarming Numbers Of Americans Are Lonely\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}