(chattahbox)—A new study found that people experiencing sadness and loneliness can spread their despondent feelings to others, which ultimately leads to a vicious cycle of social isolation. As a person is overcome with feelings of loneliness and …
Read Original Story: Study: Loneliness a Contagious Disease That Infects Others – ChattahBox
Did singer Billy Joel have it right in his 1973 hit "Piano Man," when he said that sharing the drink we call loneliness is better than drinking alone? One new piece of research suggests that the opposite, in fact, …
Read Original Story: Is Loneliness Contagious? – ABC News
by Kangna Agarwal – December 1, 2009 New York, December 1 — Ever thought that loneliness could be contagious? In a novel research, scientists claim to have found that lonely people are likely to spread their sad feelings to all those around them who …
Read Original Story: Loneliness could be contagious! – TheMedGuru
Although it may sound counterintuitive, loneliness can spread from one person to another, according to research being released Tuesday that underscores the power of one person’s emotions to affect friends, family and neighbors. …
Read Original Story: Loneliness is transmittable, researchers say – Washington Post
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Loneliness, like a bad cold, is contagious too, according to a latest finding. Using data from a large-scale study, following health conditions for more than 60 years, a team found that lonely people tend to share their …
Read Original Story: Loneliness is contagious too – SINDH TODAY
So says John Cacioppo, director of the Center for Congnitive Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, in a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Tuesday. Cacioppo analyzed decades of information …
Read Original Story: Loneliness Is Contagious: Study – NBC Chicago
You’re lonely and ill at ease. A friend says something you feel is mean-spirited and you tell her she’s being unkind. Next time you talk, it’s awkward. Gradually, you drift apart. Without knowing it, you’ve transmitted loneliness — a sense of social…
Read Original Story: Loneliness can spread through social networks, study suggests – Chicago Tribune
People who feel lonesome can spread that feeling to others "like a cold", claim scientists. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Researchers from Chicago, Harvard and California University have discovered that lonely people tend to spread their …
Read Original Story: Loneliness spreads like a disease, claim scientists – Telegraph.co.uk
Loneliness, like happiness, can be contagious, says research out today that shows how feeling lonely can make others lonely, too. The study by John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, builds on recent …
Read Original Story: Like happiness, loneliness is contagious – USA Today
Going by a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard, loneliness is quite similar to any other contagious disease, and can easily ‘spread‘ from one person to another. …
Read Original Story: Study: Loneliness can be “transmitted” from one person to another – TopNews United States
