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Poor Sleep and Loneliness: A Vicious Cycle?
psychological and physical health.One area of research has focused specifically on the relationship between loneliness and sleep. There are several inter-related questions: Is feeling lonely related to the quality of people’s sleep? What aspects of sleep are related to loneliness? And does loneliness cause sleep problems, or do difficulties with sleeping lead to feelings of loneliness? These issues are important because poor sleep can worsen cognitive decline and psychological distress.This issue was explored in a paper by Melanie Hom, Caol Chu, Megan Rogers, and Thomas Joiner in the September 2020 issue of Clinical Psychological Science.
