Undesirable Social Relations as Risk Factors for Loneliness among 14-Year-Olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Keming; Petersen, Kimberly J.; Qualter, Pamela
Titel	Undesirable Social Relations as Risk Factors for Loneliness among 14-Year-Olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46 (2022) 1, S.3-9 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yang, Keming) ORCID (Qualter, Pamela)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025420965737
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Early Adolescents; Incidence; At Risk Persons; Coping; Place of Residence; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Social Influences; Friendship; Parent Child Relationship; Social Support Groups; Bullying; Correlation; Emotional Response; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vorkommen; Risikogruppe; Bewältigung; Wohnort; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Sozialer Einfluss; Freundschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Mobbing; Korrelation; Emotionales Verhalten; Großbritannien
Abstract	In the current study, data collected from Wave 6 of the Millennium Cohort Study (n = 11,872), a nationally representative sample survey of youth aged 14 years in the UK, are used to examine the prevalence of loneliness among this age-group, investigate the feelings associated with the experience of loneliness among youth, explore the risk factors for loneliness among young people, and learn how they coped with loneliness. Given recent findings that youth are vulnerable to loneliness, the study assesses the prevalence of loneliness among adolescents across some important sociodemographic characteristics, such as nation of residence, gender, and ethnicity. We also identify the kinds of social experiences that accompany loneliness during adolescence, exploring friendship, relations with parents, social support, and bullying. Our key finding is that, in addition to the absence of desired social relationships, which has been typically identified as the ultimate source of loneliness, the presence of undesirable and even harmful social relationships is a major source of loneliness. This study uniquely brings together psychological and sociological perspectives to understand the experience of youth loneliness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01