Bridget Bryan
@briddycent.bsky.social
Postdoc researching loneliness, mental health and work at King's College London
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@kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @larseneault.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02925-0
@kingscsmh.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @larseneault.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s00127-025-02925-0
Conceptualising workplace loneliness: a qualitative investigation with UK workers - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Purpose Loneliness has been identified as an important risk factor for mental health problems, and concern about its impact on workers’ health and wellbeing has grown in recent years. While a body of ...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Workplace loneliness isn’t just interpersonal, it’s shaped by organisational culture and societal context
To reduce loneliness + its impact on workers health, we need to go beyond encouraging office social events + tackle the institutional + societal drivers of loneliness 🏨🌏🧑🤝🧑
To reduce loneliness + its impact on workers health, we need to go beyond encouraging office social events + tackle the institutional + societal drivers of loneliness 🏨🌏🧑🤝🧑
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Workplace loneliness isn’t just interpersonal, it’s shaped by organisational culture and societal context
To reduce loneliness + its impact on workers health, we need to go beyond encouraging office social events + tackle the institutional + societal drivers of loneliness 🏨🌏🧑🤝🧑
To reduce loneliness + its impact on workers health, we need to go beyond encouraging office social events + tackle the institutional + societal drivers of loneliness 🏨🌏🧑🤝🧑
Many workers described their loneliness as a yearning for meaningful connection with colleagues
But for some workers, loneliness was also about feeling undervalued and disconnected from their organisation or feeling their job wasn’t valued or understood by society at large
But for some workers, loneliness was also about feeling undervalued and disconnected from their organisation or feeling their job wasn’t valued or understood by society at large
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Many workers described their loneliness as a yearning for meaningful connection with colleagues
But for some workers, loneliness was also about feeling undervalued and disconnected from their organisation or feeling their job wasn’t valued or understood by society at large
But for some workers, loneliness was also about feeling undervalued and disconnected from their organisation or feeling their job wasn’t valued or understood by society at large
Loneliness costs UK employers £2.5B a year (@neweconomics.bsky.social), but few studies have explored what it feels like to be lonely at work
We explored lived experiences of UK-based workers thru qualitative interviews to develop an evidence-based conceptualisation of workplace loneliness 💬💭
We explored lived experiences of UK-based workers thru qualitative interviews to develop an evidence-based conceptualisation of workplace loneliness 💬💭
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Loneliness costs UK employers £2.5B a year (@neweconomics.bsky.social), but few studies have explored what it feels like to be lonely at work
We explored lived experiences of UK-based workers thru qualitative interviews to develop an evidence-based conceptualisation of workplace loneliness 💬💭
We explored lived experiences of UK-based workers thru qualitative interviews to develop an evidence-based conceptualisation of workplace loneliness 💬💭