According to VanderWeele, Hawkley, Thisted & Cacioppo (2012), loneliness can be a debilitating psychological condition characterized by a deep sense of social isolation, emptiness, worthlessness, lack of control and personal threat (as cited in Houghton et al., 2014). There are two distinct types of loneliness which are social loneliness and emotional loneliness. Social loneliness are often correlated with a lack of wider social network whereby it is measured by the quantity of social contact and the size of social network. In contrast, emotional loneliness are often correlated with the loss of loved one such as a partner or close relatives and is measured by the quality of the social connection. According to Squires (2015), people who experiencing
