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Aug 2026
Genetic and Environmental Associations Between Depressive Symptomatology and Loneliness in Adulthood
The conceptual and symptom overlap between depression and loneliness is so strong that depressive symptom rating scales often include measures of loneliness, and their linear association ranges between .40 and .68. Despite these findings, few genetically informed studies have investigated the genetic and environmental...
Morgan E. Lynch, Molly Gonenne, Colin D. Freilich et al.
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