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ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2026

Loneliness and the Presence of Meaning: Co-Developmental Trends and Reciprocal Dynamics among Chinese Junior High School Students.

Youyin He, Yue Hu, Shengcheng Song, Caina Li, Jin You

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Article in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Youyin HeSchool of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi Provincial Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yue HuThe Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Shengcheng SongSchool of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi Provincial Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Caina LiSchool of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Shaanxi Provincial Key Research Center of Child Mental and Behavioral Health, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. chinali7371@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7169-878X
Jin YouDepartment of Psychology, Wuhan University, 299 Bayi Road, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China. jyou@whu.edu.cn.

Funding

the National Social Science Fund of China 24BSH129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early adolescence represents a developmental period marked by increased vulnerability to loneliness and meaninglessness. Although theoretical frameworks posit reciprocal associations between loneliness and life meaning, longitudinal research examining their developmental trends and reciprocal associations has been limited. A total of 3825 Chinese junior high school students (47.5% girls; M

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Adolescent BehaviorAdolescent DevelopmentLonelinessStudentsAdolescentChildChinaEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleco-developmental trendslonelinessreciprocal dynamicsthe presence of meaning

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PMID42340542

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