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The KIND Challenge community intervention to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve mental health, and neighbourhood relationships: an international randomized controlled trial
Medicine and HealthSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

The KIND Challenge community intervention to reduce loneliness and social isolation, improve mental health, and neighbourhood relationships: an international randomized controlled trial

M. H. Lim, A. Hennessey, et al.

Could small acts of kindness improve mental health and neighbourhood bonds? In three randomized controlled trials across the USA, UK and Australia (N=4,284), participants asked to perform at least one weekly act of kindness for four weeks showed small but significant reductions in loneliness (USA, UK), social isolation, social anxiety and stress, and improved neighbourhood social cohesion. Research conducted by Michelle H. Lim, Alexandra Hennessey, Pamela Qualter, Ben J. Smith, Lily Thurston, Robert Eres and Julianne Holt-Lunstad.... show more
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