The focus of this paper is on the association of sense of mastery with feelings of loneliness, reviewing research conducted during the period 2000–2017. The basic findings show that across different age groups and different situations, mastery is negatively correlated with loneliness. The presumed contributions of mastery to loneliness are summarized by several explanatory models: Mastery can be conceived as contributing to low loneliness through the initiation of active coping to change the situation, through behavior that changes loneliness, and through changes in perceptions. Future research should include intervention studies, longitudinal designs, and mediating variables to assess the processes by which a high sense of mastery can lower feelings of loneliness.

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孤独与精通协会

本文的重点是掌握感与孤独感的关系，回顾了2000-2017年期间进行的研究。基本发现表明，在不同年龄段和不同情况下，精通与孤独感呈负相关。精通对孤独感的推定贡献可以通过几种解释模型来概括：精通可以被认为是通过主动应对情况的改变，改变孤独感的行为以及观念的改变而对低孤独感做出贡献。未来的研究应包括干预研究，纵向设计和中介变量，以评估高度精通感可以降低孤独感的过程。