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  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Loneliness is linked to heightened emotional reactivity and poorer emotional well-being.
  • Understanding how individuals experiencing loneliness respond to positive events is crucial for mental health research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine if trait loneliness influences immediate and short-term affective responses to everyday uplifting experiences.
  • To investigate the moderating role of loneliness in the relationship between uplifts and positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA).

Main Methods:

  • Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) used over 14 days with 240 participants (aged 20-65).
  • Participants reported uplifting events and current PA/NA states five times daily.
  • Trait loneliness assessed via baseline survey; multilevel regression analyses conducted.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with higher loneliness showed greater immediate decreases in NA and increases in PA following uplifts.
  • Loneliness did not moderate the lagged effects of uplifts on subsequent PA or NA.
  • The positive emotional impact of uplifts on lonelier individuals was immediate but not sustained.

Conclusions:

  • Uplifting events provide short-term affective benefits for lonely individuals, but these effects are transient.
  • Fleeting mood improvements may be insufficient to enhance long-term mood stability or overall emotional health in lonely populations.
  • Further research is needed to explore interventions that promote lasting emotional resilience in loneliness.