Are there ways to quantify / measure / monitor the degree of loneliness of team members in a Covid-19 lockdown teleworking situation? Team dynamics over a longer period of teleworking and expression of team members reveals that loneliness starts to spread among them. This to me seam to start a downwards trend in the sense that lonely colleagues interact less and less interaction creates more loneliness feelings for themselves and other team members. The effect seams amplified if team members can’t detach from teleworking physically and mentally. I see that at a certain point they even can’t see how to relax what as well worsen the loneliness feeling. Are there methods and ways to monitor such team developments to be able to intervene?
Article Development and validation of a 6‐item Revised UCLA Loneline...
https://mental.jmir.org/2020/4/e17188/
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3641876
Probably the most cited measure is the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell, 1978, link below). There are a few other more recent scales, but they're created more for measuring loneliness into older age (i.e., Duke and DeJong Gierveld). Hope this helps, Jan. ~ Kevin
Russell, D , Peplau, L. A.. & Ferguson, M. L. (1978). Developing a measure of loneliness. Journal of Personality Assessment, 42, 290-294.
https://fetzer.org/sites/default/files/images/stories/pdf/selfmeasures/Self_Measures_for_Loneliness_and_Interpersonal_Problems_UCLA_LONELINESS.pdf
You could see the book
A Cry Unheard NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LONELINESS by LYNCH, JAMES F. I think it is very important to see this health factor. The persons living in a couple are stronger.
being a couple can be an advantage - I agree. People used to live alone develop mechanisms against loneliness. People in a relationship might find themselves lonely from one day to the other because of the behaviour of the partner and don’t have adequate mechanisms and up in loneliness. Similar the Covid pandemics coursed this for people not in or in relationships.
Thank you very much. This is a kind of mechanism of self-defense. It is very interesting.
Do you think that doing visual art could be useful in the creation of this mechanism?
Beside the UCLA Loneliness Scale, which is mostly used, maybe the DeJong-Gierveld Scale could be useful, if you are asking for a bery brief measure.
Fast orientation here:
https://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/frequently-asked-questions/measuring-loneliness/
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"Do you think that doing visual art could be useful in the creation of this mechanism?"
we should be able to use the UCLA Loneliness Scale or the DeJong-Gierveld Scale to assess the potential of visual art in fighting loneliness, shouldn't we?
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