6-day longitudinal study

Older people are often at risk of total social isolation. In a 6-day longitudinal study[11] where only 11% of the active waking time was spent in solitude (hinting at alone-time, not loneliness), researchers reported a link between the quality of social interactions and emotions. Those who had unpleasant and conflict-stained social interactions, solitude reduced the intensity of those negative emotions. According to the researchers, solitude is globally linked with lower intensity emotions – positive as well as negative.