ArticleDevelopment and psychopathology2023
The developmental course of loneliness in adolescence: Implications for mental health, educational attainment, and psychosocial functioning.
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- On the Edge of Psychopathology: Strong Relations Between Reversed Self-compassion and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Young People.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
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- Is Stress Reactivity an Intermediary Mechanism in the Association Between NR3C1 Methylation and Adolescent Loneliness?Developmental psychobiology · 2026Article
- Trajectories and Bidirectional Associations between Loneliness and Non-suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Does the quality of the relationship to parents and peers predict mental health service use during adolescence? A prospective community study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Loneliness patterns across time and subsequent risk of psychotic experiences, depression, anxiety, and diminished well-being in adolescents.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- "She just wants to be a normal kid": Adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and their caregivers' transition from paediatric to adult care.British journal of health psychology · 2026Article
- Designing a systemic intervention for student loneliness and social connectedness using a mixed-methods, co-creation approach.Npj mental health research · 2026Article
- Gaming‑Based Community Intervention for Loneliness in Adult Gamers: Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
- Unraveling the Dynamics of Adolescent Loneliness: A Longitudinal Study of its Reciprocal Links with Perceived Control and Emotional Intelligence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Multilayer network analysis of mental health symptoms in UK University students: association patterns of depression, loneliness, and suicidal ideation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Loneliness and E-cigarette Use Among Adolescents in England: Evidence From the Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Survey 2023.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2026Article
- Examining specific emotion dynamics in daily life in male adolescents: An experience sampling method study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Hormonal and Behavioral Consequences of Social Isolation and Loneliness: Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Clinical Implications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Loneliness from the Perspective of Young People with Autism and/or ADHD: A Thematic Analysis of Adolescents' Experiences and Understanding.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Lonely children and adolescents are less healthy and report less social support: A study on the effect of loneliness on mental health and the moderating role of social support.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Detecting loneliness among late adolescents: Validation and testing of a detection tool based on the UCLA Loneliness Scale.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Article
- Loneliness, but not social isolation, is a risk factor for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in university students in Tokyo, Japan.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A framework for understanding adverse adolescent experiences.Nature human behaviour · 2025Review
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Abstract
The present study examined patterns of stability and change in loneliness across adolescence. Data were drawn from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a UK population-representative cohort of 2,232 individuals born in 1994 and 1995. Loneliness was assessed when participants were aged 12 and 18. Loneliness showed modest stability across these ages (
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