Experiencing Loneliness in Adolescence: A Matter of Individual Characteristics, Negative Peer Experiences, or Both?
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The present study builds on the child‐by‐environment model and examines the joint contribution of intra‐individual characteristics (i.e., self‐esteem and shyness) and peer experiences (i.e., social acceptance, victimization, friendship quantity, and friendship quality) in the association with loneliness. A total of 884 adolescents (Mage = 15.80; 68 percent female) participated in this multi‐informant study. Results indicated that, in addition to self‐esteem and shyness, being poorly accepted by peers, being victimized, lacking friends, and experiencing poor‐quality friendships each contributed independently to the experience of loneliness. Further, friendship quantity and quality mediated the relation between the two intra‐individual characteristics and loneliness. Finally, a significant interaction was found between self‐esteem and social acceptance in predicting loneliness. The present study highlights the importance of investigating the joint effects of inter‐individual experiences and intra‐individual characteristics in examining loneliness. Suggestions to elaborate the child‐by‐environment model in loneliness research are discussed, and clinical implications are outlined.
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Positive peer relationships are associated with lower levels of loneliness in adolescents.
“Irrespective of the quality of evidence, the replicability of the same results and conclusions across different populations, stages of adolescence, types of friendship quality in respect to gender and whether it is between best friends only, all supported the hypothesis that positive peer relationships were associated with lower levels of loneliness [55, 62, 67–71, 93].”
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Self-citation
- Authors
- Vanhalst, J., Luyckx, K., & Goossens, L.
- Affiliations
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Vanhalst, Janne
- Venue
- Social Development
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-04-02
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 100-118
- ISSN
- 0961-205X (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9507
- OpenAlex
- W1752440219
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Development (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- loneliness, adolescents, self-esteem, shyness, peer acceptance, peer victimization, friendship quality, mediation, peer relationships
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