A Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Reduce Loneliness:
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...But, as noted above, a large number of contacts is not equivalent to high quality relationships (Masi et al., 2011)....
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...…false attributions, and self-defeating thoughts and interpersonal interactions; J. E. Young, 1982; for reviews, J. T. Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008; Masi et al., 2011; McWhirter, 1990a), the CBT approach implies that loneliness can be decreased (Masi et al., 2011, McWhirter, 1990a, for reviews)....
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...Psychological approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness, have also been used to help people change their thinking about social relationships: some promising results have been reported, especially with older adult populations [77]....
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...A recent meta-analysis of 50 studies exclusively aimed at ameliorating feelings of loneliness [42] has been published since the date of our literature search....
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...loneliness, intervention, meta-analysis, social cognition The formation of meaningful social connections is an integral part of human nature (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Cacioppo & Patrick, 2008)....
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...For example, pre-post studies, nonrandomized group comparison studies, and randomized group comparison studies are nonequivalent designs in terms of comparing effect sizes (Lipsey & Wilson, 2001)....
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...…obtained from a single-group prepost study has a different meaning than the effect size calculated as the difference between two separate groups (Lipsey & Wilson, 2001), and because the effect size from a nonrandomized group comparison often provides a less satisfactory estimate of the true…...
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...Using formulas provided by Lipsey and Wilson (2001), the pooled mean (41.17) and standard deviation (8.05) for the control groups were calculated....
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...Established procedures were used to calculate the effect size for each of the qualified studies (Lipsey & Wilson, 2001)....
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...Moreover, a meta-analysis of 302 social and behavioral intervention meta-analyses (reviewed in Lipsey & Wilson, 2001) showed that, on average, interventions in this field have generated a mean effect size of 0.50....
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