Drinking at least weekly, loneliness and social isolation over time: Bidirectional within-person associations in an Australian prospective cohort study.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Past research has shown a link between alcohol consumption and loneliness/social isolation; however, the nature of the relationship remains unclear. We aimed (1) to estimate bidirectional longitudinal associations between drinking at least weekly, loneliness and social isolation; and (2) to distingu...