ArticleChild psychiatry and human development2024
The Role of School Connectedness and Friend Contact in Adolescent Loneliness, and Implications for Physical Health.
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- Emotional problems mediate the effects of prosocial behaviour, school safety, and Internet addiction on adolescent loneliness: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- "A small change can make a huge difference": teachers' perceived roles, barriers, and strategies in tackling loneliness in schools.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Empowering future educators: how school connectedness relates to employability through future work self salience and learning engagement.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Two decades of loneliness among children and adolescents: longitudinal trends, risks and resources - Results from the German BELLA and COPSY studies.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Is social connectedness still in decline after the Covid-19 pandemic? Cohort trends in secondary school students in Finland between 2017 and 2023.BMC psychology · 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
- Loneliness and ease of communication with parents and friends: cross-sectional study of adolescents in Denmark.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Health behaviors in school-aged children: global trends in education, socioeconomic status, and adolescent health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- The cohort trends of social connectedness in secondary school students in Finland between 2017 and 2021.PloS one · 2024Article
- [Loneliness in childhood and adolescence. On the prevalence of a mental health risk factor among 11- to 15-year-old German students].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Article
- Psychosocial determinants of sleep difficulties in adolescence: the role of perceived support from family, peers, and school in an Italian HBSC sample.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- The Impact of Academic Pressure and Peer Support on Adolescents' Loneliness: A Polynomial Regression and Response Surface Analysis.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
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The current study investigated how adolescents' loneliness relates to school connectedness, classmate support, teacher support, and offline and online communication with friends. We also examined the association between loneliness, physical health, and sleep. Data came from the Scottish Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC). The total sample was 2983 adolescents (F = 1479 [49.6%]) aged 14-17 years (M = 15.66, SD = 0.39) from 117 secondary schools in Scotland. Results showed that (1) higher teacher support, classmate support, and offline contact with friends predicted lower levels of loneliness, (2) online friendship engagement predicted higher levels of loneliness, and (3) poor health and sleep were positively associated with loneliness. The study offers new findings, highlighting the role played by classmates/peers and teachers in reducing loneliness. Supporting previous research, we also found associations between loneliness, poor sleep, and worse physical health.
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