Loneliness: The Cause or Consequence of Peer Victimization in Children and Youth

Pavri, Shireen

doi:10.2174/1874350101508010078

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“…However, even by analyzing the data from this particular wave of MCS, it is much more logical to see the lack of desirable social relations or the presence of undesirable social relations as a cause of loneliness rather than the oppositethe most widely used definition of loneliness (Perlman & Peplau, 1981) implies a strong theory on social relations as causes for loneliness. But this assumption warrants further investigation: while it is possible that being a victim of bullying is a risk factor for loneliness, empirical evidence also shows that lonely individuals are often perceived as easy targets for bullies (Pavri, 2015), and it is possible that there is a reciprocal relationship over time between those experiences (Chu et al, 2019).…”

Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Yang

Petersen

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2020

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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In the current study, data collected from Wave 6 of the Millennium Cohort Study ( n = 11,872), a nationally representative sample survey of youth aged 14 years in the UK, are used to examine the prevalence of loneliness among this age-group, investigate the feelings associated with the experience of loneliness among youth, explore the risk factors for loneliness among young people, and learn how they coped with loneliness. Given recent findings that youth are vulnerable to loneliness, the study assesses the prevalence of loneliness among adolescents across some important sociodemographic characteristics, such as nation of residence, gender, and ethnicity. We also identify the kinds of social experiences that accompany loneliness during adolescence, exploring friendship, relations with parents, social support, and bullying. Our key finding is that, in addition to the absence of desired social relationships, which has been typically identified as the ultimate source of loneliness, the presence of undesirable and even harmful social relationships is a major source of loneliness. This study uniquely brings together psychological and sociological perspectives to understand the experience of youth loneliness.

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Yang

Petersen

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2020

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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“…Much of the research on childhood victimization and loneliness has focused on bullying (Pavri, 2015). Notably, bullying is a very specific form of victimization, the distinct features of which could have important implications (Arseneault, 2018).…”

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A longitudinal twin study of victimization and loneliness from childhood to young adulthood

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The present study used a longitudinal and discordant twin design to explore in depth the developmental associations between victimization and loneliness from mid-childhood to young adulthood. The data were drawn from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a birth cohort of 2,232 individuals born in England and Wales during 1994–1995. Diverse forms of victimization were considered, differing across context, perpetrator, and timing of exposure. The results indicated that exposure to different forms of victimization was associated with loneliness in a dose–response manner. In childhood, bullying victimization was uniquely associated with loneliness, over and above concurrent psychopathology, social isolation, and genetic risk. Moreover, childhood bullying victimization continued to predict loneliness in young adulthood, even in the absence of ongoing victimization. Within-twin pair analyses further indicated that this longitudinal association was explained by genetic confounds. In adolescence, varied forms of victimization were correlated with young adult loneliness, with maltreatment, neglect, and cybervictimization remaining robust to controls for genetic confounds. These findings indicate that vulnerability to loneliness in victimized young people varies according to the specific form of victimization in question, and also to the developmental period in which it was experienced.

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“…social conditions). Evidence has shown that people with intensive loneliness were more likely accompanied with temper tantrums and behaving in an aggressive manner (Pavri, 2015;Twenge, Baumeister, Tice, & Stucke, 2001). Studies showed that aggression in the earlier age can predict the loneliness later (Twenge et al, 2001).…”

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Shyness and Loneliness in Chinese Young Adults: Roles of Aggression and Gender

Sun

2020

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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Loneliness has become an important concern among Chinese university students. Previous studies evidenced the association of loneliness with aggression as well as shyness. Given the variance existed in males and females on shyness and aggression, a more comprehensive consideration can be taken into account to investigate the underlying mechanism in the development of loneliness among Chinese youth. In the current study, conditional indirect effect model was built to examine the effect of shyness and aggression on the loneliness as a function of gender. Shyness, aggression, and loneliness were measured respectively by Shyness Questionnaire, UCLA loneliness questionnaire, and Buss & Perry aggression questionnaire among 503 Chinese university students. Aggression was demonstrated as a significant mediator in between shyness and loneliness university students. Gender moderated this indirect effect. For the females, indirect effect of aggression was significant with effect estimate as 0.81 (95%CI: 0.48-1.22). For the males, indirect effect of aggression was not significant with effect estimate as 0.24 (95%CI: −0.03 to 0.57). Findings suggest that the effect of shyness on loneliness can be altered in female and male students probably due the different social norms of aggression. This finding can potentially inform clinical practices regarding loneliness among Chinese university students with consideration of gender difference.

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Loneliness: The Cause or Consequence of Peer Victimization in Children and Youth

Cited by 18 publications

References 60 publications

Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

A longitudinal twin study of victimization and loneliness from childhood to young adulthood

Shyness and Loneliness in Chinese Young Adults: Roles of Aggression and Gender

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