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Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms?
The Journal of Psychology
  • Mine Muyan, Middle East Technical University
  • Edward C. Chang, University of Michigan
  • Zunaira Jilani, University of Michigan
  • Tina Yu, University of Michigan
  • Jiachen Lin, University of Michigan
  • Jameson K. Hirsch, East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2-2016
Description

This study examined the role of hope in understanding the link between loneliness and negative affective conditions (viz., anxiety and depressive symptoms) in a sample of 318 adults. As expected, loneliness was found to be a significant predictor of both anxiety and depressive symptoms. Noteworthy, hope was found to significantly augment the prediction of depressive symptoms, even after accounting for loneliness. Furthermore, we found evidence for a significant Loneliness × Hope interaction effect in predicting anxiety. A plot of the interaction confirmed that the association between loneliness and anxiety was weaker among high, compared to low, hope adults. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.

Citation Information
Mine Muyan, Edward C. Chang, Zunaira Jilani, Tina Yu, et al.. "Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms?" The Journal of Psychology Vol. 150 Iss. 3 (2016) p. 333 - 341 ISSN: 0022-3980
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jameson-hirsch/51/