20.500.12556/RUP-22295 Correction Poštuvan et al. A lonelier world after COVID-19 longitudinal population-based study of well-being, emotional and social loneliness, and suicidal behaviour in Slovenia Materials and Methods: A representative sample of 444 participants completed online questionnaires at four time points: 2019 (wave 0), 2021 (wave 1), 2022 (wave 2), and 2023 (wave 3). Results: The results show significant changes in the levels of well-being and emotional loneliness over these periods. In particular, emotional loneliness increased during the pandemic, followed by a later decrease. Well-being appeared to increase after pandemic-related restrictions diminished but decreased again one year later. No significant changes concerning social loneliness and suicidal ideation were observed. 2.2. Participants A stratified sample of the general population of Slovenia was included in this study (see Section 2.1). A total of 1189 participants took part in the study at the baseline (wave 0). Subsequent waves (1–3) were marked by a level of dropout (see Figure 1), leading to the final number of 444 participants. The flowchart of the sample procedure is illustrated in Figure 1. The total dropout rate from wave 0 to wave 3 was 62.66%. Considering the whole sample, gender distribution did not change during this study. There were 211 (47.52%) female and 233 (52.48%) male participants. The age characteristics changed during the years, as the sample aged. These data are presented in Table 1. 2.4. Statistical Analysis Additionally, pairwise comparisons between social and emotional loneliness within each wave were performed using Bonferroni-adjusted post hoc tests. Multivariate tests were used to evaluate effect sizes (partial η2) for these comparisons. COVID-19 loneliness mental health well-being suicide COVID-19 osamljenost duševno zdravje samomor true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-12-22 10:59:25 2025-12-22 10:59:29 2025-12-27 03:04:58 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-5 iss. 10, [article no.] 1867 Vol. 61 Oct. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-10-17 159.9:364.624.4 1648-9144 10.3390/medicina61101867 262511875 RAZ_Postuvan_Vita_2025.pdf RAZ_Postuvan_Vita_2025.pdf 1 E98A8CA10B68F7F2C3629491AD3EFA7A c85c44caa6fdf22436122f025c309309295bb01e0401c5dc45b5506d45ed61c9 6cc04942-df1d-11f0-8f0b-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32379 https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61/10/1867 1 39290978-df1d-11f0-8f0b-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=32378 Inštitut Andrej Marušič 0 0 0