Because of the prominent mention of people who are single-at-heart in the New York Times, I have been getting more inquiries than usual about what it means to be single-at-heart. Research on the concept is just beginning. Below are links to what I have written so far, and what I have learned from the first 1,200 people who took the single-at-heart survey.
If you want to take the single-at-heart survey, you can click here. That’s just a quick multiple-choice quiz. If you think you may be single at heart and you want to share more detailed stories about your life, this questionnaire asks lots of questions for you to answer in your own words. I’d love to hear from you.
The logo, by the way, is from my “Single at Heart” blog at Psych Central. I write just as often about single-at-heart topics at my “Living Single” blog at Psych Today.
Here are some previous posts about “Single at Heart” (other than the survey results, which are in the last section on this page):
Some key characteristics of people who are single-at-heart
People who are single at heart: Here’s what we know about them
14 signs you are a confirmed bachelor (or bachelorette)
Maybe similar to single-at-heart
Single by choice and single at heart: Is there a difference?
“Single at heart”: Is it Quirkyalone’s naughty cousin?
When ‘super singles’ end up neither super nor single
Oblivious, complicit, and healthy loners
Some great things about being single-at-heart
Fear not: The advantages of people unafraid to be single
14 ways to tell that someone is happily single
Some suggestive evidence for the resilience of people who choose to be single
The ‘single-at-heart”: Beacons of innovation in a blandly married world?
Travel ways of the single-at-heart
Living the single-at-heart life like you never could before
Writing a script for “single at heart”
Stop saying that being single is better than being in a bad relationship
Some questions
Commitment phobic, or is single life a better life for you?
Some people get all weird when you say you chose to be single. What’s up with that?
Recognizing your single-at-heart inclinations: Does greater maturity help?
Single at heart: Is it hard-wired?
Committing to single life: Is there a time when you just know?
Does your God love you if you are single at heart?
The missing pieces: What we still need to know about people who are single at heart
Personal stories and examples of people who are single at heart
Why I’m single, then and now: Guest post by Joan DelFattore
A woman after her own heart: Guest post by Edie Jarolim
Coming out as single-at-heart: Guest post by Psyngle
I’m better off single. You might be, too.
Single at heart in New Zealand – she is, her husband isn’t
Are these successful entrepreneurs single at heart?
This reader dreams of being single
Is she or isn’t she? Who is single at heart and why does it matter?
John Keats was single at heart and expressed it beautifully
Some people who are single at heart are married: What’s that about?
Is Whoopi Goldberg “single-at-heart”?
The movie “Brave”: Has Disney gifted us with a princess who is single at heart?
Here are results from the first 1200 participants in the Single at Heart survey:
Results of the single at heart survey, Part 1
What does it mean to be single at heart?
People who are NOT single at heart describe their fears and joys
Odes to solitude in the words of people who are single at heart
Alone: The badass psychology of people who like being alone
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