Page |132 Genetic studies indicate that chapter, interventions are needed to help heritability accounts for approximately lonely individuals regain normal social 50% of loneliness while social connections. As Bunyan’s account circumstances account for the other 50% suggests, breaking through the wall of (7). Research also suggests that loneliness may require considerable loneliness is common - reported by as effort. When individual effort is not many as 20 percent of the population at sufficient, assistance from others may be any given time (8). In addition, some needed. Unfortunately, contemporary evidence suggests that the prevalence of interventions to reduce loneliness have loneliness may be increasing, at least in fared more poorly than has been the U.S. A recent national survey found recognized. a threefold increase in the number of oe . Americans who indicated they had no Repairing Broken Connections confidant or person with whom to Almost a century ago, scholars discuss important matters (9). Although began to propose strategies for reducing differences between this survey and its loneliness. Karen Rook (11), for 1985 predecessor may be sufficient to instance, amassed over 40 interventions account for this increase, this suggestive dating back to the 1930’s in her attempt report raises the possibility that to identify effective loneliness reduction contemporary societal factors may be strategies. Since Rook’s review, five interfering with the natural tendency for scientific publications have provided humans to form meaningful, long-term qualitative reviews of strategies to social connections. One factor is social reduce loneliness, social isolation, or mobility, which increased dramatically both (12-16). The most recent during the 20" century. A second is the publication identified 30 interventions aging of the U.S. population. In 1900, published between 1970 and 2002 (16), 4.1% of Americans were 65 years or and evaluated the effectiveness of those older. B