October 18, 2024
How solitude can help your mind flourish
Kira Birditt discussed her work on well-being and solitude in the Washington Post: There’s a difference between loneliness and simply being by oneself. “That’s a really important point: Being alone is not being lonely.”
Original research:
Kira S Birditt, Manalel, Jasmine A, Sommers, Heidi , Luong, Gloria , Fingerman, Karen L. 2019. Better Off Alone: Daily Solitude Is Associated With Lower Negative Affect in More Conflictual Social Networks. The Gerontologist 59(6):1152-1161.