ArticleBJPsych open2023
The mediating role of social connectedness and hope in the relationship between group membership continuity and mental health problems in vulnerable young people.
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- Hope and Anxiety: A Meta-analytic Review.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- User Character Strengths and Engagement Prediction on a Digital Mental Health Platform for Young People: Longitudinal Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Observational
- Validation study of the Croatian version of the Three-Item Loneliness Scale and its association to social network indices.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Association of traditional leisure time activities during adolescence to later psychiatric morbidity in early adulthood - a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere is growing evidence of a beneficial effect of social group processes on well-being and mental health.
aimsTo investigate the role of group membership continuity in reducing mental ill-health among young people who were already vulnerable pre-pandemic, and to understand the social and psychological mechanisms of the benefits of group memberships for vulnerable young people.
methodThis study takes a cross-sectional design, using survey data from a sample of 105 young people aged 16-35 years, collected approximately 1 year after the global COVID-19 outbreak (January to July 2021). Correlational and path analyses were used to test the associations between group membership continuity and mental health problems (depression, anxiety, psychotic-like experiences) and the mediation of these associations by hope and social connectedness (in-person and online). To correct for multiple testing, the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure was implemented for all analyses. Indirect effects were assessed with coverage of 99% confidence intervals.
resultsMultiple prior group memberships were associated with preservation of group memberships during the COVID-19 pandemic. In-person social connectedness, online social connectedness and hope mediated the relationship between group membership continuity and mental health problem symptoms.
conclusionsThe results suggest that clinical and public health practice should support vulnerable young people to foster and maintain their social group memberships, hopefulness and perceived sense of social connectedness as means of helping to prevent exacerbation of symptoms and promote recovery of mental health problems, particularly during significant life events.
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