Social interactions and loneliness in daily life: A study of younger adults and cognitively diverse older adults.

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Experience sampling reveals loneliness differs by age and cognitive status, highlighting social asymmetries.

Younger adults experience greater loneliness, with loneliness closely linked to social interactions.
Compared to younger adults, cognitively unimpaired older adults show less impact of social interactions on loneliness.
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment do not demonstrate an association between social interactions and loneliness.
Face-to-face interactions reduce loneliness across age groups, but closeness matters particularly for older adults with MCI.

Wild et al. (2025) studied this question.

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