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Psychology

the view that loneliness evolved as an aversive signal prompting reconnection, but chronic loneliness heightens threat vigilance that harms health.

In psychology, evolutionary theory of loneliness refers to the view that loneliness evolved as an aversive signal prompting reconnection, but chronic loneliness heightens threat vigilance that harms health. This meaning comes from Cacioppo (2013) in Cognition and Emotion.[1]

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cognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs emotion4 names · 4 citationsjangle · one word, rival theories of what it is loneliness1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

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Cacioppo, J. T., Cacioppo, S., & Boomsma, D. I. (2013). Evolutionary mechanisms for loneliness. Cognition and Emotion, 28(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2013.837379

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