ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2023
Are trajectories of social isolation from childhood to mid-adulthood associated with adult depression or suicide outcomes.
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- Are adverse childhood experiences associated with trajectories of social isolation in adulthood? Evidence from two United States National surveys.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
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- Associations of Life-Course Social Isolation Trajectories and Depressive Symptoms With the Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
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- Associations between social isolation, withdrawal, and depressive symptoms in young adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Social isolation and poor mental health in young people: testing genetic and environmental influences in a longitudinal cohort study.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- A longitudinal study of adolescent pathways differentiating suicide ideation and attempt in early adulthood.Journal of adolescence · 2025Article
- "And I still remember it to this day": A qualitative exploration of retrospective memories of school-based recess.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- The association between urinary incontinence and suicidal ideation: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Social isolation from childhood to mid-adulthood: is there an association with older brain age?Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Fecal incontinence was associated with depression of any severity: insights from a large cross-sectional study.International journal of colorectal disease · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Social Isolation Trajectories and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China: National Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
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purposeSocial isolation has been shown to have negative effects on mental health outcomes though little is known about trajectories across the life course. We examined the relationship between trajectory groups and selected mental health outcomes in mid-adulthood.
methodsWe previously created a typology of social isolation based on onset during the life course and persistence into adulthood, using group-based trajectory analysis of longitudinal data from a New Zealand birth cohort. The typology comprises four groups: 'never-isolated', 'adult-only', 'child-only', and 'persistent (child-adult) isolation'. We undertook logistic regression analyses of three mental health outcomes with trajectory group as the predictor, adjusting for sex and a range of familial and child-behavioural factors.
resultsLifetime suicide attempt, and depression and suicide ideation in mid-adulthood were each associated with adult-only but not child-only social isolation. Depression in mid-adulthood was also associated with persistent child-adult social isolation.
conclusionAlthough our findings are associational and not causal, they indicate that interrupting persistent social isolation may help to prevent adult depression whereas halting adult social isolation may ameliorate both depression and suicide outcomes.
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