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Loneliness trajectories from middle childhood to pre‐adolescence: Impact on perceived health and sleep disturbance
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The current study is the first to examine the association between chronic loneliness and perceived health, school absence due to illness, sleep duration and disturbance, in a sample of pre‐adolescents (N = 209). Loneliness was measured in three collection waves that were 18 months apart and covered the ages 8–11 years. Using growth mixture modeling, two groups were identified with discrete growth patterns of loneliness: (a) relatively high, reducing loneliness (48%), and (b) low, stable loneliness (52%). At age 11 years, those in the relatively high, reducing lonely group reported higher levels of depressive symptoms, poorer general health, took longer to get to sleep, and had greater sleep disturbance than children in the low, stable loneliness group. These findings suggest that there may be long‐term health effects of experiencing high loneliness in middle childhood, even when loneliness levels reduce to normal levels at pre‐adolescence.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Harris, R. A., Qualter, P., & Robinson, S. J.
- Affiliations
- School of Psychology University of Central Lancashire, Preston Lancashire UK
- University of Lancashire (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescence
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-02-10
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1295-1304
- ISSN
- 0140-1971 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9254
- OpenAlex
- W2069186595
- Cited by
- 154
- References
- 80
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- CLOK (University of Central Lancashire) (acceptedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES‐000‐22‐1802)
- The Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-1802)
- East Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trust
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- loneliness, chronic loneliness, loneliness trajectories, middle childhood, late childhood, health perception, sleep disorders, sleep onset delay, depressive symptoms, school absenteeism, growth mixture modeling
- MeSH terms
- Child, Depression, England, Female, Health Status, Humans, Loneliness, Male, Sleep Wake Disorders, Self Report
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