Connection, constraint, and coping: A qualitative study of experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK

• Phoebe E. McKenna-Plumley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pmckennaplumley01@qub.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5627-5730

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• Lisa Graham-Wisener,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Emma Berry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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• Jenny M. Groarke

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

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