Tom Colls
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No, katsotaan. En ole saanut löytÀÀ nÀistÀ graafista. Se on hieman yllÀttÀvÀÀ. On graafit, jotka nÀyttÀvÀt ympÀristöÀ ja muut, jotka nÀyttÀvÀt ympÀristöÀ. Se riippuu siitÀ, missÀ maailmassa olet ja millaisista ryhmistÀ olet. Se ei kuulosta epidemian mukaan, mutta kerro minulle sitÀ, mitÀ olet tehnyt. No, ensimmÀisenÀ definiivit. Lounattomuus on suhteellinen kokemus ja iloinen tuntee, ettÀ olet yksilöity tai yksilöity.
Yksi tavoitteena ymmÀrtÀÀ, millaista osa puolustajaa on kokeillut tÀmÀn iloinen tunne, on kysyÀ heitÀ. Ja haluan olla selkeÀmpi, ettÀ tutkimukset osoittavat, ettÀ miljoonat ihmisistÀ kuvataan itseÀÀn yleensÀ tunneillaan yllÀttÀvÀn yllÀttÀvÀn.
The numbers slightly depend on how you ask the question and who you're asking, but for example polling company Gallup's World Poll found that in 2023, 23% of people globally said they felt lonely a lot of the day yesterday. All the lonely people. Where do they all come from?
Well, the highest rates were in Africa, though it's possible that people might have been interpreting that as time spent on their own physically, rather than experiencing the feeling of loneliness. The World Health Organization Commission, you mentioned earlier, also analyzed the global data and suggested that the global rate of loneliness was more like 16%.
En ole tÀysin varma. Jos katsomme Yhdysvaltoja, kun kysyin Gallupista, millaista pohjaa heillÀ oli ennen 2000-luvun, he sanoivat, ettÀ 1990-luvun tutkimus sanoi, ettÀ 36% Yhdysvaltojen lapsia huomioi, ettÀ he ovat joskus tai usein tunneet yllÀttÀvÀn.
No, loneliness changes quite a lot through people's lives. Adolescents seem to experience a lot of loneliness, and then this declines as people get jobs and partners and families and a network of friends and all that. Then it often rises again towards the end of people's lives as they stop working, their physical health gets worse and their social circles shrink. So if you just take a snapshot of the whole population, you're bundling people at all those ages together.
You might just be measuring a change in demographics rather than a change in loneliness per se. This sounds like a case for social science. There must be some better data out there based on established systems of measurements and some good statistics. Yeah, there is. But this evidence is also a very mixed bag. If we're talking about adults, and if we're talking about adults, there's no evidence of an epidemic.
Okay, so the good quality scientific research finds no evidence of anything you'd call an epidemic? In adults, no. But remember the pattern that we talked about earlier, with two peaks, one in adolescence and one in older age. As far as Melody is concerned, there is a clear trend in the younger group.
That's not perhaps all that surprising. We already know that there's a worrying general decline in the mental health of young people around the world. And if young people are more anxious and more depressed, it's not surprising they're also more lonely. It sounds like this is one of those stats where two stories are really being forced into one, to the detriment of both. The causes and associated problems of teenage loneliness must be very different to those for older people.
Tietysti. Vanhemmilla ihmisillÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ voi olla kriittinen systeemi, kriittinen systeemi tai ystÀvien ja perheiden kuolema. YlipÀÀnsÀ vanhemmat eivÀt yleensÀ ole ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ niiden systeemiin. Jopa datatietoja on ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ ylipÀÀnsÀ.