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Course:
  - PSYC10460 Applying Psychology to Wicked Problems
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## Why we need communities

Human also have a **fundamental** need to belong due to evolutionary reason.

![Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs](assets/Pasted%20image%2020250929153715.png)

### Loneliness and being alone

The quality of the relationship.

Social Media & Silent epidemic?

### Is loneliness really increasing?

Measurement? Evidence?

- What Measurement: Systematic research started late: Loneliness not comparable.
- How we measure: **App Based measures, not cross-platform**
- Population: People discuss more loneliness more than before.

### Health

mortality of loneliness = 15 cigarettes per day

### Sense of community

Seymour Sarason definition: The perception that one is part of a larger, dependable, stable group.