A prisoner of one's own mind: Identifying and understanding existential isolation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.024
Abstract: Abstract Although often treated as a singular construct, social isolation can assume an interpersonal or an existential form ( Yalom, 1980 ). Here we develop an individual difference measure of existential isolation, or, isolation with… read more here.
Keywords: prisoner one; existential isolation; identifying understanding; mind identifying ... See more keywords
Divergent effects of social media use on meaning in life via loneliness and existential isolation during the coronavirus pandemic
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DOI: 10.1177/02654075211066922
Abstract: Stay-at-home orders issued to combat the growing number of infections during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 had many psychological consequences for people including elevated stress, anxiety, and difficulty maintaining meaning in their lives. The present… read more here.
Keywords: social media; existential isolation; coronavirus pandemic; loneliness existential ... See more keywords
Not Drinking and Alone: Alcohol Use and Its Implications for Existential Isolation
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DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2023.42.3.267
Abstract: Introduction: Research implicates social isolation as a risk factor for problematic alcohol use. However, no known research examines the role that a specific type of social isolation—existential isolation, a feeling of being alone in one's… read more here.
Keywords: existential isolation; alcohol use; isolation; alcohol ... See more keywords
Existential isolation and well-being in justice-involved populations
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1092313
Abstract: Much work in psychology has focused on feelings of social isolation and/or loneliness. Only recently have psychologists begun to explore the concept of existential isolation (EI). EI is the subjective sense that persons are alone… read more here.
Keywords: well justice; existential isolation; isolation; psychology ... See more keywords