It also found that every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half fewer lonely days.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The New York Times newspaper reports that,on average, people experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The image of a seated person almost fully hidden by clothing captures the cold and loneliness of winter.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

He had money and fame. But they did not cure his loneliness,his drinking, or his marriage problems.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In fact,a friend of a lonely person was fifty-two percent more likely to develop feelings of loneliness.

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But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half days.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

A friend of a lonely person was fifty-two percent more likely to develop feelings of loneliness.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The researchers say this shows that a person could indirectly be affected by someone's loneliness.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The aim should be to aggressively create what he calls a "protective barrier" against loneliness.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

They can do this by helping individuals they know who may be experiencing loneliness.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

The study suggests that people can take steps to stop the spread of loneliness.

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The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The researchers believe that knowing the causes of loneliness could help in reducing it.

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The researchers also found that loneliness spread more easily among women than men.

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One song, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", expresses his feelings of loneliness.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Other traits considered in the study were loneliness, and religious and political beliefs.

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The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Loneliness has been linked to health problems like depression and sleeping difficulties.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

He says it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

They found that the feeling of loneliness spread through social groups.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

This is what she wrote as a young girl: "Sometimes a sense of loneliness covers me like a cold mist I sit alone and wait at life's shut door.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Loneliness has been linked to depression and other health problems.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness.

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For example,loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors.

VOA: special.2010.01.06