dc.contributor.author | Lay, JC | |
dc.contributor.author | Pauly, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Graf, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Biesanz, JC | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoppmann, CA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-27T07:40:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07-12 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: Solitude is a ubiquitous experience, often confused with loneliness, yet sometimes sought out in daily life. This study aimed to identify distinct types of solitude experiences from everyday affect/thought patterns and to examine how and for whom solitude is experienced positively versus negatively. Method: One hundred community-dwelling adults aged 50–85 years (64% female; 56% East Asian, 36% European, 8% other/mixed heritage) and 50 students aged 18–28 years (92% female; 42% East Asian, 22% European, 36% other/mixed) each completed approximately 30 daily life assessments over 10 days on their current and desired social situation, thoughts, and affect. Results: Multilevel latent profile analysis identified two types of everyday solitude: one characterized by negative affect and effortful thought (negative solitude experiences) and one characterized by calm and the near absence of negative affect/effortful thought (positive solitude experiences). Individual differences in social self-efficacy and desire for solitude were associated with everyday positive solitude propensity; trait self-rumination and self-reflection were associated with everyday negative solitude propensity. Conclusions: This study provides a new framework for conceptualizing everyday solitude. It identifies specific affect/thought patterns that characterize distinct solitude experience clusters, and it links these clusters with well-established individual differences. We discuss key traits associated with thriving in solitude. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Vancouver Foundation | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Alpha Mater Society, University of British Columbia | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Michael Smith Foundation | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 87 (3), pp. 633 - 647 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jopy.12421 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | UNR12-0926 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | UNR13-0484 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | F12-05343 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/122151 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | en_GB |
dc.subject | affect | en_GB |
dc.subject | solitude | en_GB |
dc.subject | time sampling | en_GB |
dc.subject | thought patterns | en_GB |
dc.subject | latent profile analysis | en_GB |
dc.title | By myself and liking it? Predictors of distinct types of solitude experiences in daily life | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-27T07:40:12Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3506 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Personality | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2018-06-27 | |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2018-06-27 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-07-27T07:35:44Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-07-27T07:40:15Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |