It Hurts to Be Lonely! Loneliness and Positive Mental Wellbeing in Australian Rural and Urban Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Houghton, Stephen; Hattie, John; Carroll, Annemaree; Wood, Lisa; Baffour, Bernard
Titel	It Hurts to Be Lonely! Loneliness and Positive Mental Wellbeing in Australian Rural and Urban Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 26 (2016) 1, S.52-67 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1037-2911
DOI	10.1017/jgc.2016.1
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Social Isolation; Mental Health; Well Being; Rural Youth; Urban Youth; Adolescents; Attitude Measures; Factor Analysis; Structural Equation Models; Friendship; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Gender Differences; Age Differences; Geographic Location; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Isolation; Psychohygiene; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Faktorenanalyse; Freundschaft; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Australien
Abstract	This study examined associations between loneliness, a construct associated with serious adverse mental health outcomes, and positive mental wellbeing. Validated measures of loneliness (represented by friendship-related loneliness, isolation, positive attitude to solitude, and negative attitude to solitude) and positive mental wellbeing were administered to 1,143 adolescents from urban and rural schools. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed satisfactory model fit for both measures. A structural equation model confirmed significant positive associations between positive mental wellbeing and friendship-related loneliness and positive attitude to solitude; a significant negative association was found for isolation. Regression analyses provided support for significant differences in these associations according to gender, age, and geographical location (although only marginally). The implications of these findings during adolescence are reviewed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01