The so-called Rat Park study conducted in the late 1970s indicated that lonely rats get drug addicted more easily than social ones.Does anyone know if there are more recent studies about the topic? About drug addictions or other addictions?ReferenceAlexander, B. K., Coambs, R. B., & Hadaway, P. F. (1978). The effect of housing and gender on morphine self-administration in rats. Psychopharmacology, 58(2), 175-179. doi:10.1007/BF00426903
Do lonely people get addicted more easily than social counterparts?
social psychology;abnormal psychology;addiction