Young people's recommended coping strategies to manage social isolation: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK
Young people's recommended coping strategies to manage social isolation: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK
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年轻人管理社会隔离的建议应对策略：英国 COVID-19 大流行封锁的经验教训
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10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100133
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2023
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Jong A
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孤独在年轻人中很常见，但很少有循证干预措施来管理年轻人的孤独。了解年轻人应对社会孤立的方式可能有助于为年轻人制定有针对性的孤独方案。在新冠肺炎大流行的第一年，当社会限制达到顶峰时，2,500名12-25岁的年轻人被要求自由报告他们会向同龄人推荐的应对策略，以应对孤立和孤独。定性回答的编码表明，年轻人推荐了一系列不同的应对策略，我们将其归类为：寻求联系、接近、分散注意力、自我照顾、自我交谈、自我同情和感恩。回归分析显示，年龄、性别和社会经济背景与部分应对策略的推荐有关。矛盾的是，推荐自我同情与更高水平的孤独感有关，而推荐方法和自言自语与更高水平的幸福感相关。这项研究强调了探索年轻人如何管理孤独的重要性，这是一个复杂的过程，涉及各种策略，并与个人的人口统计特征有关。
Loneliness is common in young people, yet there are few evidence-based interventions to manage youth loneliness. Understanding the ways in which young people cope with social isolation may inform the development of targeted loneliness programmes for young people. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic when social restrictions were at a peak, 2500 young people aged 12–25 years were asked to report freely on coping strategies that they would recommend to peers to manage isolation and loneliness. The coding of qualitative responses suggested that young people recommended a range of different coping strategies, which we grouped into categories: contact seeking, approach, distraction, self-care, self-talk, self-compassion, and gratitude. Regression analyses showed that age, sex and socioeconomic background were associated with recommendation of some of the coping strategies. Paradoxically, recommendation of self-compassion was associated with higher levels of loneliness, while recommendation of approach and self-talk was associated with higher levels of wellbeing. This study highlights the importance of exploring how young people manage loneliness, a complex process that involves various strategies and is associated with an individual's demographic characteristics.