社会と心が作り出す孤立・孤独

Isolation and Loneliness Shaped by Society and the Mind

孤独は現代の疫病として語られることがあるが，実は適応的な役割も持っている。日常生活で経験する一時的な孤独が慢性化することでさまざまな問題が生じる。本論では，心理学と神経科学の知見をもとに，対人情報処理の歪みが一時的な孤独を慢性化させる過程について考察した。また感情史の観点から，孤独という概念や孤独感がどのように形成されるのかを検討し，現代社会において孤独を生まない対人環境の条件についても探った。

Abstract

Loneliness is sometimes described as a modern disease; however, it also has adaptive functions. Several problems related to loneliness arise when the temporary loneliness that people experience in their daily lives becomes chronic. In this article, we examined the process through which distortions in interpersonal information processing mediate the chronicization of temporary loneliness by referring to findings in psychology and neuroscience. We also examined the formation process of the loneliness concept and feelings of loneliness as a cluster of emotions from the perspective of the history of emotions, and considered what kind of interpersonal environment would prevent loneliness in modern society.