The KIND Challenge community intervention to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve mental health, and neighbourhood relationships: an international randomized controlled trial
Michelle H. Lim e outros, 2024 · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Prompting participants to perform at least one act of kindness per week over four weeks reduced feelings of loneliness by 0.06 standard deviations relative to waitlist controls.
Estimativa · UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 score, standardized beta coefficient
-0,0600 [-0,0992; -0,0208]
standardized beta coefficient · calculado a partir do erro-padrão
p = 0.003
- Desenho
- Experimento aleatório. individual randomized controlled trial (1:1 allocation to intervention vs waitlist)
- População
- Adult users of the Nextdoor social platform aged 18–89 in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, July–September 2020
- Amostra
- 1.423 · individuals randomized in the US trial (711 intervention, 712 waitlist)
Onde está o número
Results > Primary outcome; Section 'Results > Primary outcome', first sentence
Findings showed significant intervention effects for reductions in loneliness post intervention in the USA (B = −0.06, SE = 0.02, p = 0.003, Cohen’s d = −0.13)
Contexto
What changed: Participants were asked to perform weekly acts of kindness for neighbours (emotional, tangible, or informational support) over four weeks. Comparison: Waitlist control group continuing typical activities. Limits: Attrition exceeded 40% between baseline and follow-up, participants could not be blinded, and the study was conducted during COVID-19 restrictions.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaInformação e persuasão
- TipoNudge comportamental
- EixoRedes
MAGI só cita evidência deste instrumento
Lugares do estudo
- United States · País · US
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23