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   Dr Susan Maury (susanmaury@fediscience.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 15:34:31 JST Dr Susan Maury

   Clever & timely research here… what can the rise in self-reported #loneliness during lockdowns tell us about environmental factors more generally? #wellbeing https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behaviour-change/article/social-determinants-of-loneliness-during-covid19-personal-community-and-societal-predictors-and-implications-for-treatment/4F9CE1D09C795550005B33E55FBD2CA7

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 15:34:23 JST clacke

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     • Ruth Mottram
     > always thought they help you to meet other adults

     
     Kids might help you go to parents-with-kids events, but those people are super boring to be around.

     Kids reduce your mobility and your ability to participate in your pre-existing social networks.

     @Ruth_Mottram @SusanMaury

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     Ruth Mottram (ruth_mottram@fediscience.org)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 15:34:25 JST Ruth Mottram

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     @SusanMaury what an interesting study. I find it curious that couples with children are more likely to be lonely than those living alone though? I mean, it's hard work having children for sure, but I've always thought they help you to meet other adults - perhaps during COVID people simply couldn't and it emphasised their isolation? I don't know..

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     Morten Juhl-Johansen (mjjzf@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 16:34:36 JST Morten Juhl-Johansen

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     • Ruth Mottram

     @clacke @Ruth_Mottram @SusanMaury Unless your only interest is children, at least having smaller children will prevent/reduce the opportunities to spend time with people with shared interest.
     At least I lived in a bigger city and could bring my son to things just around the corner, so less logistics required. He has been to Linux user groups before he could walk.
     And as for couples... loneliness is worse if you are with someone and still experience it.

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