Older people who live alone and have diverse social ties do even better than their peers who live with other people. Having confidants seems to matter more than marital status.
Are These the Keys to Lifelong Friendship?
Insights on the psychology of making and keeping friends from 2 scholars who have studied friendship for decades and a journalist who interviewed 100 sets of friends.
Who Spends the Most Time Alone?
We now know who spends the most time alone. We know less about an equally important question: How do they feel about their solitude?
Dead Bodies: Who Gets to Claim Them? Who Wants to?
Who gets to claim your dead body? Official next-of-kin can include people who are estranged. Some people do want to claim the body, but they don’t qualify as official family.
Why So Many Adults Think They Will Never Have Children
Being single is one of the three top reasons why some people do not intend to have kids, even though they want kids.
What Money and Popularity Cannot Buy, Authenticity Can
In the U.S. and South Korea, the same fundamental needs were relevant to whether an event was experienced as satisfying or unsatisfying.
Who Finds Singlehood Empowering? Who Is Disappointed by It?
Singles who are flourishing find singlehood empowering. Even among those who find singlehood disappointing, substantial numbers recognize the opportunities it offers.
Lonely? Depressed? Stressed? A Romantic Partner May Not Help
Do people who are married, or most like married people, have the best psychological health? No. What matters is whether you have friends or family you can confide in and rely on.
Lonely? Depressed? Stressed? A Romantic Partner May Not Help
Do people who are married, or most like married people, have the best psychological health? No. What matters is whether you have friends or family you can confide in and rely on.
Hiding Who You Really Are by Converting, Passing, or Covering
People with devalued identities often feel pressured to convert, to pass, or to cover who they really are. That makes it harder to live authentically and to flourish.