title: Loneliness and Negative Affective Conditions in Adults: Is There Any Room for Hope in Predicting Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms?
abstract: This study examined the role of hope in understanding the link between loneliness and negative affective conditions (viz., anxiety and depressive symptoms) in a sample of 318 adults. As expected, loneliness was found to be a significant predictor of both anxiety and depressive symptoms. Noteworthy, hope was found to significantly augment the prediction of depressive symptoms, even after accounting for loneliness. Furthermore, we found evidence for a significant Loneliness × Hope interaction effect in predicting anxiety. A plot of the interaction confirmed that the association between loneliness and anxiety was weaker among high, compared to low, hope adults. Some implications of the present findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Middle East Technical University.
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muyan
authors.affiliation: b University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: b University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Zunaira
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jilani
authors.affiliation: b University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: b University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Jiachen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: c East Tennessee State University.
authors.forename: Jameson K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adults; anxiety; depressive symptoms; hope; loneliness