# How to Tackle Student Loneliness ![rw-book-cover](https://wonkhe.com/wp-content/wonkhe-uploads/2021/02/wonkhe-lonely-flat-scaled.jpg?_t=1613561479) ## Metadata - Author: [[Wonkhe]] - Maria Loades, Ola Demkowicz, Pamela Qualter and Roz Shafran - Full Title: How to Tackle Student Loneliness - Category: #Source/articles - URL: https://wonkhe.com/blogs/how-to-tackle-student-loneliness/ ## Summary - Loneliness is not just absence of people, it is internal and is about not having the friednships and social connections that they want to have. - There is ample evidence that loneliness among young people is associated with increased depression and anxiety. - A lack of physical touch increases loneliness. - What helps is ^33e6f8 - ==fostering climates of trust and connection== - ==creating spaces for people to come together and connect== - ==talking openly== about our own loneliness. ## Highlights - ==Loneliness is a whole mixture of painful feelings that arise in response to a person not having the friendships and social contacts they want, either in quantity, or in quality, or both==. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzbpyyqhb80qyce42jmrz9v)) - Loneliness relates to both social relationships and to our sense of ourselves. ==It is not necessarily the same as being socially isolated – loneliness is internal ==([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzbqqb18vqcmsy2f7hp6t58)) - But, there is ==ample evidence that loneliness among young people is associated with increased depression and anxiety== ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzbrsf6yj8feakb2p9vfncv)) - We know that touch and proximity are important in feeling socially connected, with recent work by the BBC showing that ==a lack of touch increased loneliness==, and that seemed to be the case for young people we spoke to. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzbw3g1c3hhfj27jffpzqta)) - we need to provide young people with support so they do not get “stuck” in the loneliness they have felt during lockdown. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpzby2ejkhw8asyvj0z49pek)) ## See [[What helps in addressing student loneliness]]