Loneliness and personal well-being in young people: Moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors.
Loneliness and personal well-being in young people: Moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors.
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DOI：
10.1002/jad.12046
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发表时间：
2022-06
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3.8
通讯作者：
Long, Emily
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Goodfellow, Claire;Hardoon, Deborah;Inchley, Joanna;Leyland, Alastair H;Qualter, Pamela;Simpson, Sharon A;Long, Emily
孤独在年轻人中很普遍。但是，很少有研究探索这个年龄段的孤独与幸福之间的联系。在社会生态理论的框架下，我们研究了与个人幸福感相关的人口统计学，人际关系和社区因素，并严格确定了孤独与幸福感之间关系的可塑性调节因子，这些调节因子可以在干预工作中成为目标。我们使用了来自英国社区生活调查的965名年轻人（16-24岁）的横断面二手数据。孤独感是使用单项直接测量法测量的;个人幸福感是通过一项综合测量法测量的，其中包括评估幸福感、生活满意度和生活有价值感的项目（α = 0.88）。回归技术被用来评估个人，人际关系和社区因素与幸福感之间的关联，并确定孤独和幸福感之间关系的调节因子。孤独与幸福感呈负相关。与邻居聊天和有人提供帮助缓和了孤独和幸福之间的关系。全日制学生和那些身体健康的人有更高的幸福感，而作为一个照顾者则预示着较低的幸福感。所有社区变量都与幸福感的增加密切相关。在所有调查的人际关系变量中，只有依靠的人与幸福感的增加有关。我们的研究结果表明，支持性关系和密切的社区关系对于减少孤独对青少年福祉的负面影响非常重要。改善福祉的干预措施可以受益于针对年轻人社会和社区生活的这些方面，同时承认个人的脆弱性，如身体健康状况不佳。
Loneliness is prevalent among young people. But, there is little work exploring the association between loneliness with well‐being among this age group. Framed by social‐ecological theory, we examined demographic, interpersonal, and community factors associated with personal wellbeing and, critically, identified malleable moderators of the relationship between loneliness and well‐being that could be targeted in intervention efforts. We used cross‐sectional, secondary data from 965 young people (aged 16–24) from the Community Life Survey in England. Loneliness was measured using a single‐item direct measure; personal wellbeing was measured through a composite measure containing items assessing happiness, life satisfaction, and a sense that life is worthwhile (α = 0.88). Regression techniques were used to assess associations between individual, interpersonal, and community factors and well‐being, and to identify moderators of the relationship between loneliness and well‐being. Loneliness was negatively associated with well‐being. Chatting with neighbors and having people to provide help moderated the relationship between loneliness and well‐being. Full‐time students and those with good physical health had higher well‐being while being a carer was predictive of lower well‐being. All community variables were strongly associated with increased well‐being. Of all interpersonal variables investigated, only having people to count on was associated with increased well‐being. Our results demonstrate that supportive relationships and close community ties are important for reducing the negative impact of loneliness on youth well‐being. Interventions to improve well‐being could benefit from targeting these aspects of young people's social and community lives, while acknowledging individual vulnerabilities, such as poor physical health.