ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Older Adults’ Loneliness during COVID-19 Unaffected By a Brief Social Psychological Intervention
- 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