Kent State University, Department of Psychology, PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
J Adolesc. 2013 Dec;36(6):1247-9. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.08.001. Epub 2013 Aug 16.
This special section brings together five studies using group-based modeling to capture developmental trajectories of loneliness from age 7 through age 20. Together, the findings from these studies provide further evidence that developmental trajectories of loneliness are likely not best understood at a continuum but reflect distinct subpopulations that differ both where they start out and how they change over time in terms of mean levels of loneliness. Furthermore, adolescents who show chronically high loneliness or increasing loneliness over time exhibit poorer psychological and physical health, including greater incidence of depressive symptoms and more frequent suicide attempts. The findings from these studies also suggest that individuals experiencing increases in loneliness with age fare worse as well in terms of both physical and psychological health.
本特刊汇集了五项使用基于群组的建模来捕捉孤独从 7 岁到 20 岁发展轨迹的研究。这些研究的结果共同提供了进一步的证据，表明孤独的发展轨迹可能不是最好地理解为连续体，而是反映了不同的亚群，这些亚群在开始时的位置以及随时间推移在孤独的平均水平上的变化方式都有所不同。此外，那些表现出长期高孤独感或随时间增加孤独感的青少年，其心理健康和身体健康状况更差，包括更多的抑郁症状和更频繁的自杀企图。这些研究的结果还表明，随着年龄的增长，孤独感增加的个体在身心健康方面也表现得更差。
