Trajectories of Loneliness During Adolescence Predict Subsequent Symptoms of Depression and Positive Wellbeing.

ABSTRACT: There is a need to identify the outcomes of changes in loneliness during adolescence, and to consider this within a multidimensional framework of loneliness. This study considered the effects of different trajectories of change in Isolation Loneliness and in Friendship Loneliness upon both positive wellbeing and symptoms of depression. To achieve this, 1782 (43% female; 12.92 years old at the start of the study, SD = 1.60) young people took part in a longitudinal study with four data points across 2 years. Four Isolation Loneliness trajectories and five Friendship Loneliness trajectories were identified. Youth who experienced low levels of Isolation Loneliness that subsequently increased appear to be at particular risk for poor outcomes. Similarly, initially high levels of Friendship Lonel

SUBMITTER: Hunter SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10980621 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature