Socially isolated and lonely people tend to be biologically older than their years
Having no one to confide in was linked to an older biological age about as strongly as feeling lonely, according to a study of more than 300,000 adults that also tied isolation and loneliness to higher mortality.
A recent study of over 300,000 individuals in the United Kingdom found that socially isolated and lonely adults tend to have a biologically older age than their chronological age would suggest. These individuals face a higher risk of death. The study, published in Health Psychology, examined the relationship between social disconnection, loneliness, and biological age acceleration.
The researchers discovered that the combination of social isolation and loneliness resulted in the greatest gap between biological and chronological age. Genetic predisposition to biological aging was also found to modify this relationship.
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