“It’s a feeling of complete disconnection”: experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood
Abstract Background Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical work on this construct, and existing work tends to focus on older and s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-11-01
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Series: | BMC Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01452-4 |