“And when the night falls, loneliness calls” – temporal variations of loneliness
Jonas Tana, PhD, senior lecturer, Department of Healthcare, Arcada UAS, jonas.tana@arcada.fi The Covid-19 pandemic has directed increasing attention to loneliness due to the implementation of rather extensive social restriction measures to reduce the spread of the virus. These restrictions, such as shutting down restaurants and restricting social interaction, had a negative impact on social connectedness, creating a discrepancy between the actual and desired levels of social relationships for many people…