Background Loneliness in childhood has a wide range of negative consequences for well‐
being and mental health later in life. This study reports time‐trends in children's loneliness …

Background: Much of the evidence suggesting that loneliness is a risk factor for socio‐
emotional adjustment difficulties comes from studies with older children and adolescents …

Background Loneliness is a major risk factor for both psychological disturbance and poor
health outcomes in adults. This study aimed to assess whether childhood loneliness is …

Background: Much of the childhood loneliness research is misleading because it confounds
objective and subjective measures of loneliness. The overall aim of this research was to …

Loneliness is a negative, involuntary, subjective, relational and sociocultural experience.
Due to the multidimensional nature of the experience, this topic calls for research that …

Childhood loneliness is characterised by children's perceived dissatisfaction with aspects of
their social relationships. This 8-year prospective study investigates whether loneliness in …

The present study investigated associations between loneliness in different social
relationships and indicators of psychopathology in adolescence. A nationally representative …

Although many researchers have studied loneliness, they have done so as if people are free
from social context. An alternative perspective is that people exist within ongoing social …

The aim of this study was to examine the existence of the intergenerational transmission of
loneliness between parents and children, including an examination of its stability and of …

Purpose Loneliness is a common problem that can affect an individual's physical and mental
wellbeing. While loneliness has been extensively researched among older people, relatively …