Lonely individuals reveal proximal social avoidance and distal general approach motivation: Evidence from time perception in social and non‐social contexts.

Loneliness is a major public health issue, leading to serious physical and mental health problems. Research has shown that trait‐like, chronically lonely individuals exhibit either avoidance or approach behaviour towards social connections. However, how social avoidance and approach motivation co‐oc...

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Published in:	British Journal of Psychology Vol. 117; no. 1; pp. 16 - 35
Main Authors:	Wu, Chunlin, Guo, Rui, Chen, Youguo, Long, Changquan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Feb2026
Subjects:	Task performance Sensory perception Loneliness Anxiety Motivation (Psychology) Psychology Analysis of variance Psychological tests Avoidance (Psychology) Mental depression Psychosocial factors Statistical power analysis Effect sizes (Statistics) Conceptual models T-test (Statistics) Research funding Statistical sampling Sample size (Statistics) Descriptive statistics Experimental design State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Reaction time Data analysis software Time Regression analysis
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