Self-perceived loneliness and depression during the Covid-19 pandemic: a two-wave replication study

• Main Authors: Carollo, Alessandro, Bizzego, Andrea, Gabrieli, Giulio, Wong, Keri Ka-Yee, Raine, Adrian, Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Social sciences; Covid-19; Depression; Loneliness; Machine Learning; Lockdown; SARS-Cov-2
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163044
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The global Covid-19 pandemic has forced countries to impose strict lockdown restrictions and mandatory stay-at-home orders with varying impacts on individual’s health. Combining a data-driven machine learning paradigm and a statistical approach, our previous paper documented a U-shaped pattern in le...