Loneliness
Dimension 1067 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Loneliness measures the subjective experience of social and emotional disconnection, including feeling unloved, ignored, isolated, or remote from other people. It encompasses both mild perceptions of not belonging and more pervasive, overpowering feelings of being alone.
evidence final name · Lonely Feel
Absent Loneliness
Expressions activating this band do not convey a recognizable experience of social or emotional disconnection and are largely unrelated to loneliness.
Mild Loneliness
Expressions activating this band describe feeling unloved, ignored, disliked, bored, or socially left out, with loneliness present as a felt lack of belonging or connection.
Moderate Loneliness
Expressions activating this band describe clear awareness of being alone, lonely, or isolated, often with references to coping responses or associated sadness and emptiness.
High Loneliness
Expressions activating this band describe pronounced loneliness as feeling very lonely or remote from other people, with the disconnection experienced as persistent and emotionally salient.
Severe Loneliness
Expressions activating this band describe loneliness in direct, concentrated, and overpowering terms, presenting aloneness as a dominant emotional state.
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Minimal Lonely Feel: Content characterized by removed, violation, inquiries, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect lonely feel at this level.
Emerging Lonely Feel: Content characterized by triggered, alone, isolated, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect lonely feel at this level.
Elevated Lonely Feel: Content characterized by lonely, hard, talk, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect lonely feel at this level.
Severe Lonely Feel: Content characterized by lonely, lonliness, involuntarily, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect lonely feel at this level.