Borg Meghan E, Willoughby Teena
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
J Youth Adolesc. 2023 Dec;52(12):2647-2660. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01856-w. Epub 2023 Sep 4.
Research examining the link between solitude and psychosocial adjustment among adolescents has lacked a comprehensive, person-centered examination of differential patterns of both solitude and sociability. The current study surveyed 1071 adolescents (Mage = 12.48, SD = 1.71, 49.86% female, age range = 10-16 years). Using latent-profile analysis, four groups were identified with differential patterns of characteristics of solitude (i.e., enjoyment, motivations, preference, frequency) and sociability. Results indicated that worse psychosocial adjustment across time points was associated with membership in the PFS-NonSociable group (characterized by high enjoyment, preference, and frequency of solitude; low sociability) compared to all other groups. Findings suggest that solitude for adolescents appears to be linked to worse psychosocial adjustment only if accompanied by a lack of sociability.
研究青少年孤独感与心理社会适应之间联系的研究缺乏对孤独感和社交性差异模式的全面、以个体为中心的考察。本研究调查了1071名青少年（平均年龄=12.48岁，标准差=1.71，49.86%为女性，年龄范围=10-16岁）。通过潜在剖面分析，识别出了四组具有孤独感（即享受程度、动机、偏好、频率）和社交性特征差异模式的群体。结果表明，与所有其他群体相比，在各个时间点上，心理社会适应较差与PFS-非社交组（其特征为高度享受孤独、偏好孤独且孤独频率高；社交性低）的成员身份相关。研究结果表明，青少年的孤独感似乎只有在缺乏社交性的情况下才与较差的心理社会适应有关。
