Loneliness is a distressing emotional state that motivates individuals to renew and maintain
social contact. It has been suggested that lonely individuals suffer from a cognitive bias …

Loneliness is a complex set of aversive feelings that arises when people perceive that their
belongingness needs are not being met. Usually, these feelings of loneliness are temporary …

Background For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful
experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as …

Mental health problems among adolescents and young adults are increasing worldwide
together with loneliness, which is considered a global public health problem. The aim of this …

Memories of rejection contribute to feeling lonely. However, high-quality listening that
conveys well-meaning attention and understanding when speakers discuss social rejection …

There is limited qualitative research on the experience of loneliness in adolescence,
meaning key facets of the loneliness experience that are important in adolescence may …

Friendship quantity and quality are related to adolescent loneliness, but the exact link
between these constructs is not well understood. The present study aimed to examine …

The present study builds on the child‐by‐environment model and examines the joint
contribution of intra‐individual characteristics (ie, self‐esteem and shyness) and peer …

Background Loneliness is common in adolescence and has been linked to various negative
outcomes. Until now, however, there has been little cross-country research on this …

Loneliness becomes more prevalent as youth transition from childhood into adolescence. A
key underlying process may be the puberty‐related increase in biological stress reactivity …