ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023
Neighbourhood effects on loneliness among adolescents.
Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Investigating the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics, perceived social support and psychological wellbeing in Spanish adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Local Landscapes, Evolving Minds: Mechanisms of Neighbourhood Influence on Dual-State Mental Health Trajectories in Adolescence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Loneliness in adolescence: prevalence, developmental contexts, and interventions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Factorial structure, validity, and gender invariance of the UCLA-R loneliness scale in ecuadorian adolescents.PloS one · 2025Article
- Correlations between Dementia and Loneliness.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Adolescents' loneliness in European schools: a multilevel exploration of school environment and individual factors.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The influence of minority stress-related experiences on mental wellbeing for trans/gender-diverse and cisgender youth: a comparative longitudinal analysis.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundLoneliness is a growing public health concern, but little is known about how place affects loneliness, especially during adolescence. This is the first study to examine the influence of neighbourhoods on loneliness in early-to-mid adolescence.
methodsBaseline data from the #BeeWell cohort study in Greater Manchester (England), including 36 141 adolescents (aged 12-15 years) across 1590 neighbourhoods, were linked to neighbourhood characteristics using administrative data at the level of lower super output areas and analysed using multilevel regression.
resultsNeighbourhood differences explained 1.18% of the variation in loneliness. Ethnic, gender and sexual orientation inequalities in loneliness varied across neighbourhoods. Several neighbourhood characteristics predicted loneliness at the individual level, including skills deprivation among children and young people, lower population density and perceptions of the local area (feeling safe; trust in local people; feeling supported by local people; seeing neighbours as helpful; the availability of good places to spend free time). Finally, a longer distance from home to school was associated with significantly higher loneliness.
conclusionsNeighbourhoods account for a small but significant proportion of the variation in adolescent loneliness, with some neighbourhood characteristics predicting loneliness at the individual level, and loneliness disparities for some groups differing across neighbourhoods.
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