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Loneliness

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Or is it?

01.12.2021 Research

Jonas Tana, PhD., senior lecturer, Department of Healthcare, jonas.tana@arcada.fi ‘Tis the season. This means that Mariah Carey’s ‘All I want for Christmas’ has started its yearly climb in YouTube statistics, Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas’ can be heard in almost all department stores, and Whams ‘Last Christmas’ torrents almost all radio stations. This can for many trigger different feelings, from joy and delight to nausea, stress and anxiety, as the Christmas…

“And when the night falls, loneliness calls” – temporal variations of loneliness

07.04.2021 Research

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…