Social Isolation and Loneliness

Beadle J, Best J, Jenstad L, Pichora-Fuller MK, Mick P, Levasseur M, Hotton M, Poon BT, Small JA, Borisoff J, Gutman G, Wister A. An Analysis of Bi-directional Associations Between Self-Reported Residual Hearing and Loneliness: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Can J Aging. 2026 Aug 11:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S0714980826100774. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42578352.

Levasseur M, Naud D, Dubois MF, Taylor H, Généreux M, Cossette B, Griffith LE, Lanthier-Labonté S, Wister A. Six-year trajectories of social participation and connection among aging women and men: Comparison and best predictors from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2026 Jun 4;150:106323. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2026.106323. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42287801.

Mehranfar S, Ceolin G, Madani Civi R, Keller H, Murphy RA, Cohen TR, Conklin AI. Adverse changes in close social ties reduce fruit and vegetable intake in aging adults: a prospective gender-sensitive study of the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA). Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Aug 13;22(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01807-7. PMID: 40804679; PMCID: PMC12345031.

Endresz N, Tyas SL, Maxwell CJ, Oremus M. The Association Between Social Isolation, Functional Social Support, and Memory: A Mediation Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Appl Gerontol. 2025 Aug 1:7334648251363655. doi: 10.1177/07334648251363655. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40747843.

Oremus M, Tyas SL, Newall NEG, Maxwell CJ, O’Connell ME, Zeng L. The association of pre-COVID-19 social isolation and functional social support with loneliness during COVID-19: a longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Aging Ment Health. 2025 Mar 2:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2472888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40025804.

Ceolin G, Veenstra G, Mehranfar S, Madani Civi R, Khan NA, Conklin AI. Trends, transitions and patterning in social activity over time among aging women and men: A secondary analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Aug 31;128:105618. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105618. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39255655.

Kang JW, Oremus M, Dubin J, Tyas SL, Oga-Omenka C, Golberg M. Exploring the differential impacts of social isolation, loneliness, and their combination on the memory of an aging population: A 6-year longitudinal study of the CLSA. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 May 7;125:105483. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2024.105483. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38788370.

Levasseur M, Naud D, Menec V, Dubois MF, Wolfson C, Griffith LE, Trottier L, McMillan J, Généreux M, Roy M, Couturier Y, Raina P. Effect of Age-Friendly Communities Action Plan on Trajectories of Older Canadians’ Depressive Symptoms Between 2018 and 2020: Multilevel Results From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Inquiry. 2024 Jan-Dec;61:469580231225918. doi: 10.1177/00469580231225918. PMID: 38361415; PMCID: PMC10874163.

Hopper S, Wister AV, Cosco TD, Best JR. Social isolation, physical activity, and subsequent changes in cognition among middle- and older-aged adults: Results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Psychosom Med. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001271. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38193775.

Villeneuve PJ, Gill GK, Cottagiri SA, Dales R, Rainham D, Ross NA, Dogan H, Griffith LE, Raina P, Crouse DL. Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00841-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38158519.

Goodarzi S, Jiang J, Head M, Lu X. Exploring the impact of online social participation on loneliness in older adults: Evidence from The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Int. J. Inf. Manag. 2023 Dec (73):102685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102685

Grady A, Stinchcombe A. The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of older sexual minority Canadians in the CLSA. BMC Geriatr. 2023 Dec 7;23(1):816. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04513-w. PMID: 38062412.