A 2025 study by Common Sense Media found that 1-in-5 teens surveyed have engaged in a romantic relationship with a chatbot or ...

A University of Cincinnati study found more than half of college students feel lonely, with heavy social media use raising the risk.

One in six Americans feel lonely or isolated most of the time. This finding comes from a survey conducted in September 2024 by the Pew Research Center, which queried over 6,200 adults in English and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. If you’re like many people, you experience loneliness and ...

Our social connections have an incredibly impactful impact on our lives, helping to bolster better emotional health, physical well-being, and generally healthy relationships. Without them, as a report ...

There's some comfort in knowing that everyone feels lonely throughout the course of a lifetime. Feeling lonely is a painful yet normal part of being human. At the peak of loneliness, a person might ...

The term “lonely parent” may seem like a contradiction in terms. Parents, by definition, are inextricably linked to at least one other human, after all—their child. And parents are constantly ...

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