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Loneliness and Health Risk Behaviors Among ASEAN Adolescents

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Peltzer, Karl, Pengpid, Supa·2017·Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
DOI 10.5812/ijpbs.7691
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Background: Loneliness is commonly experienced during adolescence and has been associated with negative health outcomes. Objectives: The present study aimed at assessing the factors associated with loneliness and investigating the relationship between loneliness and health risk behaviors among adolescents in the association of southeast asian nations (ASEAN). Methods: This cross-sectional study included 30 284 schoolgoing adolescents (aged 13 - 15 years, mean age = 14.1 years, SD = 0.8) from 7 ASEAN countries, who took part in the global school-based student health survey (GSHS) between 2007 and 2013. The measure inquired about loneliness, health risk behaviours, and protective factors. Results: Across the 7 ASEAN countries, 7.8% of the adolescents reported mostly or always being lonely and 31.3% reported sometimes being lonely in the past 12 months. In multivariable logistic regression, female gender, older age, living in a low or lower income country, not having close friends, bullying victimization, and lack of parental or guardian support were associated with mostly or always feeling lonely in the past 12 months. After adjusting for sociodemographic and social supportive factors, it was found that loneliness was associated with poor mental health, substance use, aggression, and other health risk behaviours. Conclusions: A significant proportion of adolescents were experiencing loneliness, which was found to be associated with various health risk behaviours. Thus, it is important to recognize lonely adolescents early in to prevent more serious poor mental health and other health risk behaviours.

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  • The prevalence of loneliness among Indonesian female adolescents is lower than that reported in ASEAN countries (7.8%), some African countries (Morocco 25.1%, Tanzania 17.4%), Latin American and Caribbean countries (14.6%), the USA (14.4%), and Russia (14.7%).

    “This finding is lower than that reported among female adolescents in ASEAN countries at 7.8% [8] and is even significantly lower than in some African countries, such as Morocco (25.1%) [6] and Tanzania (17.4%) [7]. It is also significantly lower than in the Latin American and the Caribbean countries (14.6%) [5], as well as the USA (14.4%) and Russia (14.7%) [27].”

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Authors
Peltzer, K., & Pengpid, S.
Affiliations
  • Ton Duc Thang University (VN)
  • Mahidol University (TH)
Corresponding author
Peltzer, Karl
ORCID
Venue
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Publisher
Brieflands
Published
2017-07-30
Volume
11
Issue
3
ISSN
  • 1735-8639 (ISSN-L)
  • 1735-9287
DOI
10.5812/ijpbs.7691
OpenAlex
W2739531887
Cited by
33
References
5
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4
FWCI
2.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
loneliness, adolescents, health risk behaviors, bullying victimization, parental support, social support, substance use, aggression, mental health, protective factors, ASEAN countries, Global School-based Student Health Survey

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