Romantic Relationships Matter More to Men than to Women
February 27, 2025
Authors: Iris V. Wahring, Jeffry A. Simpson & Paul A. M. Van Lange Abstract Women
Communities
There are a great many single adults who would very much like to have a family of their own. With rates of marriage declining sharply over the last three decades, about 30% of young adults today may not experience a marital relationship at all. Some will live together with another person in a marriage-like cohabiting relationship, but these relationships have much higher rates of breakdown. Added to those who will never find a long-term partner are those who have lost a long-term partner through separation and divorce, or widowhood. One of the greatest problems our society is now facing, and will face to a greater extent in the coming decades, is loneliness.
At the same time as the marital family with children has declined as the normal adult family form, civic organisations of all kinds have also declined. Churches, other religious communities and local sports associations are amongst the few remaining forms of connection beyond the family and the workplace.
How do we build better communities of care and support for people, particularly those who feel isolated and lonely? Britain has appointed a Minister to be responsible for responding to loneliness and has developed a national loneliness reduction strategy. There have been calls for such a role in Australia.
We also need to consider how better local communities can better support parents with children at home who are struggling.
How to Increase Birth Rates in the EU – Jubilee Centre
December 12, 2024
Author: Dr Michael Schluter and Matthew Ferguson Abstract Europe’s birth rates are at have dropped
Will Banning Under-16s from Social Media Combat Loneliness—or Make It Worse?
December 9, 2024
Author: Isabella Clarke Introduction This is a key question following the federal government’s recent ban
November 30, 2024
Author: Sheridan Voysey Introduction When the eighty-year-long Harvard Study of Adult Development concluded, researchers in
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Presentation Slides by Prof Patrick Parkinson for Publica Webinar on Nov 19 2024
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Author: Em Prof Patrick Parkinson, OA Overview Download link at the bottom of this page
Orygen young people and loneliness report November 2024
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Authors: Ending Loneliness Together and Orygen. Executive Summary Loneliness is a World Health Organization global
KPMG responses to supplementary questions – NSW
November 21, 2024
Authors: KPMG OverviewStanding Committee on Social IssuesInquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness
The Role of Social Prescribing in Tackling Loneliness in young people
November 11, 2024
2024 is set to be the loneliest year on record for people in the UK, and the situation may be similar in Australia. UK government figures predict nearly one in seven will be living alone by 2039. By that same time, a quarter of the population will be 65+, creating its own set of challenges. The wider breakdown in community life ties many of these problems together: older people are increasingly reliant on government rather than family and local community support to help them in later life. The number of people living alone is closely linked to the rise in loneliness, as people lack everyday companionship found in the home, which also contributes to the West’s housing shortage, particularly in the UK and Australia. Japan suffers from an epidemic of isolation so acute it carries
a name: kodokushi, or ‘lonely deaths’, where a corpse might go undiscovered for months in an unvisited apartment, before the smell finally alerts someone
The Silent Epidemic: Unravelling the Complexities of Loneliness Among Young Australians
November 1, 2024
In the bustling cities and quiet towns across Australia, a silent epidemic is taking hold among the nation’s youth. While the majority of young adults navigate their daily lives with a sense of connection and belonging, an increasing number are grappling with a pervasive sense of loneliness. This phenomenon, once primarily associated with the elderly, has now emerged as a significant concern for those in the prime of their lives. In an Australian study of nearly 1500 adolescents and young adults, more than one in three (37%) young adults aged 18–25 indicated a problematic level of loneliness.
