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What Leads to Loneliness? An Integrative Model of Social, Motivational, and Emotional Approaches in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Gallardo Laura O.,
MartínAlbo Jose,
Barrasa Angel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12369
Subject(s) - loneliness , psychology , feeling , mental health , developmental psychology , social isolation , structural equation modeling , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , statistics , mathematics
Loneliness has been linked to many physical and mental health problems, especially during adolescence. From evolutionary, social needs, and cognitive approaches, this study examined whether emotional repair, relatedness need, and peer‐rated indicators of relations behave in predicting loneliness, considering all approaches together. The sample consisted of 373 adolescents measured longitudinally at three time points. Results of a cross‐lagged panel design found that, considering all the influences together, relatedness need showed the highest strength to predict loneliness. Furthermore, adolescents who were accepted by their peers and whose relatedness need was satisfied activated emotional regulation which additionally produced a decrease in prospective feelings of loneliness. In addition, loneliness has been shown to be a consequence of these variables.