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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Older Adults’ Loneliness during COVID-19 Unaffected By a Brief Social Psychological Intervention

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Natalie Kerr
    James Madison University
  • Jaime Kurtz
    James Madison University

Abstract

Older adults watched a video summarizing research-based strategies for coping with social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic (or were assigned to a waitlist control condition). Participants in the experimental condition reported that the video was helpful, but we found no differences in loneliness or overall well-being.

Loneliness