TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rokach, Ami
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/08/14
TI  - Loneliness or Solitude: How Are They Different?
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 297
VL  - 09
IS  - 03
AB  - Loneliness, social isolation, aloneness, and solitude may be used interchangeably by some who may miss the difference between them. Loneliness is the experience of being alone, or perceiving that one is alone and unimportant to others. Solitude is being geographically isolated out of one’s choice. Loneliness is not a feeling, but a multidimensional construct which is expressed cognitively, behaviorally and affectively. solitude is also reviewed and a clear distinction between loneliness and solitude is established. The paper examines both constructs and highlights the emotional, cognitive and behavioral manifestations of each, and how solitude may assist us in facing loneliness.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2503297
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2503297
ID  - Rokach2025
ER  -