Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It

Background: loneliness is a common experience for adolescents, yet the voices of adolescents are missing from current conceptualisations of loneliness. That means, measures that have been created based on current conceptualisations may miss important contexts of adolescence, such as the roles of fri...

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Autores principales:	Lily Verity, Tine Schellekens, Tine Adam, Floor Sillis, Marinella Majorano, Michael Wigelsworth, Pamela Qualter, Beth Peters, Stephanie Stajniak, Marlies Maes
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	adolescence loneliness qualitative Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dc3dc43a3a244da0958ef26f449677072021-11-25T17:49:23ZTell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It10.3390/ijerph1822119041660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/dc3dc43a3a244da0958ef26f449677072021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11904https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Background: loneliness is a common experience for adolescents, yet the voices of adolescents are missing from current conceptualisations of loneliness. That means, measures that have been created based on current conceptualisations may miss important contexts of adolescence, such as the roles of friendships, that determine the way loneliness is experienced. The current study aims to centre adolescent voices to identify how they conceptualise loneliness and what strategies they consider to be useful for adolescents to cope with loneliness. Method: thematic framework analysis (TFA) was conducted on qualitative interviews with young people aged 8–14 years in Belgium and Italy to identify salient themes in their conceptualisations of loneliness. Results: Loneliness was conceptualised as a negative emotional state involving negative thinking patterns that occurs when an individual perceives they are missing out on a desired aspect in their social relationships. Coping strategies related to alleviating negative affect, and aiding social reconnection. Conclusions: friendships with peers were understood to be central to adolescent loneliness experiences. In line with that, loneliness was seen to be experienced at school. Age-related differences in friendship expectations were identified, highlighting how developmental needs relate to the loneliness experience.Lily VerityTine SchellekensTine AdamFloor SillisMarinella MajoranoMichael WigelsworthPamela QualterBeth PetersStephanie StajniakMarlies MaesMDPI AGarticleadolescencelonelinessqualitativeMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11904, p 11904 (2021)
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spellingShingle	adolescence loneliness qualitative Medicine R Lily Verity Tine Schellekens Tine Adam Floor Sillis Marinella Majorano Michael Wigelsworth Pamela Qualter Beth Peters Stephanie Stajniak Marlies Maes Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It
description	Background: loneliness is a common experience for adolescents, yet the voices of adolescents are missing from current conceptualisations of loneliness. That means, measures that have been created based on current conceptualisations may miss important contexts of adolescence, such as the roles of friendships, that determine the way loneliness is experienced. The current study aims to centre adolescent voices to identify how they conceptualise loneliness and what strategies they consider to be useful for adolescents to cope with loneliness. Method: thematic framework analysis (TFA) was conducted on qualitative interviews with young people aged 8–14 years in Belgium and Italy to identify salient themes in their conceptualisations of loneliness. Results: Loneliness was conceptualised as a negative emotional state involving negative thinking patterns that occurs when an individual perceives they are missing out on a desired aspect in their social relationships. Coping strategies related to alleviating negative affect, and aiding social reconnection. Conclusions: friendships with peers were understood to be central to adolescent loneliness experiences. In line with that, loneliness was seen to be experienced at school. Age-related differences in friendship expectations were identified, highlighting how developmental needs relate to the loneliness experience.
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author	Lily Verity Tine Schellekens Tine Adam Floor Sillis Marinella Majorano Michael Wigelsworth Pamela Qualter Beth Peters Stephanie Stajniak Marlies Maes
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title	Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It
title_short	Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It
title_full	Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It
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Tell Me about Loneliness: Interviews with Young People about What Loneliness Is and How to Cope with It

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