Loneliness and depressive symptoms in institutionally isolated Polish adolescents explored through network psychometrics.

ABSTRACT: This research investigates the link between depression and loneliness in 311 adolescents (87.8% boys; M_age=15.8) in Polish Youth Correctional Centres. It focuses on identifying depression symptoms associated with loneliness, understand the centrality of loneliness in the depression symptoms network and examine the effect of various loneliness measurement methods on this relationship. The study reveals that loneliness is directly related to four affective depression symptoms: sadness, worthlessness, anhedonia and restlessness, which subsequently influence somatic symptoms. Unlike in prior research, loneliness has the least central role in the depression symptom network. The loneliness measurement method (direct/indirect) does not significantly impact its relationship with depress

SUBMITTER: Grygiel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12214851 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature