ArticlePerspectives in public health2021
Experiencing loneliness in parenthood: a scoping review.
Article in Perspectives in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05373121 (Is Signposting to Online Peer Support Helpful in Decreasing Loneliness in Parents of Children With Long-term Conditions and Disabilities? A Randomised Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Is Signposting to Online Peer Support Helpful in Decreasing Loneliness in Parents of Children With Long-term Conditions and Disabilities? A Randomised Controlled Trial
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Community Navigation: Iterative Development and Implementation of a Prenatal Psychosocial System of Care.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Perceived connectedness during the perinatal period: Implications for parent and child well-being.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Review
- Identifying Japanese mothers of infants and toddlers at risk of parenting isolation: A validation study of cutoff scores and associated psychosocial measures.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2026Article
- A qualitative investigation of stakeholders' perceptions of social prescribing for families with infants through the lens of a creative play on prescription programme for 0-2-year-olds and their carers.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Social determinants of health as risk and protective factors for health care access among sexual and gender minority parents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Role of Loneliness and Ostracism in Adolescents' Psychological Well-Being and Substance Use: Family and Teacher Support as Moderators.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Beyond Direct Exposure: The Vicarious Nature of Racism on Children's Development.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Social determinants of health as risk and protective factors for health care access among sexual and gender minority parents.Research square · 2025Article
- Engage & connect psychotherapy improves social reward responsivity and reduces postpartum depression.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2025Article
- Covid-19 Pandemic, Isolation and Birth: An Analysis of the Experiences of Women Having Given Birth during this Period in Quebec.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Actor-Partner Model of Parenting and Co-Parenting Practices and Youth Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Family process · 2025Article
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- Improving Social Interactions Among Adult Carers of Children with Disabilities Through Dialogic Literary Gatherings: A Case Study from Pakistan.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A socially prescribed creative play intervention for new parents: investigating post traumatic stress around birth and changes in postnatal depression and reflective function.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
aimsChronic loneliness is experienced by around a third of parents, but there is no comprehensive review into how, why and which parents experience loneliness. This scoping review aimed to provide insight into what is already known about parental loneliness and give directions for further applied and methodological research.
methodsSearches for peer-reviewed articles were undertaken in six databases: PsycINFO, Medline, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus, during May 2019 to February 2020. We searched for English studies which examined loneliness experienced during parenthood, including studies that involved parents with children under 16 years and living at home and excluding studies on pregnancy, childbirth or postbirth hospital care.
resultsFrom 2566 studies retrieved, 133 were included for analysis. Most studies (
conclusionThis work has identified key gaps with further international, comparative and conceptual research needed.
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