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Andrea Wigfield

Professor of Applied Social and Policy Research and Director, Centre for Loneliness, College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University

Loneliness and the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for practice

Loneliness is difficult to accurately define. Several theories and definitions have been put forward in an attempt to explain loneliness (Table 1). Early theorists described loneliness as a universal...

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