Social Isolation And Loneliness In The COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

A literature review was conducted on the effects of social isolation and other variables on loneliness in the COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that loneliness was prevalent - but did not seem to generally increase - in times of social isolation during the first year of the pandemic. It was also found that some additional variables influenced the prevalence of loneliness during times of social isolation in the first year of the pandemic.