@article{3478035,
    title = "Loneliness and intersubjectivity: A view from Trevarthen's theory",
    author = "Evangelia Galanaki",
    journal = "Frontiers in Psychology",
    year = "2023",
    volume = "14",
    number = "-",
    pages = "1145739",
    publisher = "Frontiers",
    doi = "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1145739",
    keywords = "loneliness, solitude, intersubjectivity, emotion, motive, sharing, culture",
    abstract = "Based on his pioneering research on infants and drawing from the epistemological framework of phenomenology (Husserl, 1964; Habermas, 1972), Trevarthen has formulated a developmental theory of intersubjectivity which focuses on innate Other-awareness, inborn motives for sympathetic engagement with others, and cultural sharing—from the beginning of life (Trevarthen, 1977, 1980; Trevarthen and Aitken, 2001). I suggest that this theory of companionship has the potential to offer a rich conceptualization of loneliness, defined as the distress and social pain stemming from being alone. This potential has not been examined thus far and is the focus of this study."
}