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The role of school connectedness and friend contact in adolescent loneliness, and implications for physical health
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dc.contributor.author | Zheng, Yixuan | |
dc.contributor.author | Panayiotou, Margarita | |
dc.contributor.author | Currie, Dorothy | |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Keming | |
dc.contributor.author | Bagnall, Charlotte | |
dc.contributor.author | Qualter, Pamela | |
dc.contributor.author | Inchley, Joanna | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-03T15:30:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-03T15:30:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-06 | |
dc.identifier | 281993166 | |
dc.identifier | c2399698-0f70-48f6-b557-2da4c0476124 | |
dc.identifier | 36260256 | |
dc.identifier | 85140104515 | |
dc.identifier | 000870103800001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zheng , Y , Panayiotou , M , Currie , D , Yang , K , Bagnall , C , Qualter , P & Inchley , J 2024 , ' The role of school connectedness and friend contact in adolescent loneliness, and implications for physical health ' , Child Psychiatry and Human Development , vol. 55 , pp. 851–860 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01449-x | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-398X | |
dc.identifier.other | Jisc: 696841 | |
dc.identifier.other | pii: 10.1007/s10578-022-01449-x | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7321-9394/work/122216407 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/26298 | |
dc.description | Funding: JI was supported by the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/1) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU16). The HBSC 2013/14 study in Scotland was funded by NHS Health Scotland (now Public Health Scotland). | en |
dc.description.abstract | The current study investigated how adolescents' loneliness relates to school connectedness, classmate support, teacher support, and offline and online communication with friends. We also examined the association between loneliness, physical health, and sleep. Data came from the Scottish Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC). The total sample was 2983 adolescents (F = 1479 [49.6%]) aged 14-17 years (M = 15.66, SD = 0.39) from 117 secondary schools in Scotland. Results showed that (1) higher teacher support, classmate support, and offline contact with friends predicted lower levels of loneliness, (2) online friendship engagement predicted higher levels of loneliness, and (3) poor health and sleep were positively associated with loneliness. The study offers new findings, highlighting the role played by classmates/peers and teachers in reducing loneliness. Supporting previous research, we also found associations between loneliness, poor sleep, and worse physical health. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.format.extent | 760278 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Child Psychiatry and Human Development | en |
dc.subject | Loneliness | en |
dc.subject | School connectedness | en |
dc.subject | Peer contact | en |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en |
dc.subject | Friendship | en |
dc.subject | Physical health | en |
dc.subject | RJ101 Child Health. Child health services | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RJ101 | en |
dc.title | The role of school connectedness and friend contact in adolescent loneliness, and implications for physical health | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Population and Behavioural Science Division | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01449-x | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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