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The Development of Loneliness through Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Its Nature, Correlates, and Midlife Outcomes
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von Soest, Tilmann; Luhmann, Maike; Gerstorf, Denis – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Adolescence and young adulthood are characterized by substantial sociodemographic, family, social, and personality changes that may influence loneliness. Although loneliness is a public health challenge, we know little about how loneliness develops during these periods. Our study addresses this lacuna by using 4-wave longitudinal data from 3,116…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Emotional Response, Age Differences
How Disability and School-Related Variables Influence Social Security Dependence among Vulnerable Young People in Their Late Twenties
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Myklebust, Jon Olav – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2015
The objective of this article is to investigate how psychosocial difficulties, functional level and school factors affect social security dependence among former students with special needs (N = 373). These individuals have been followed prospectively from their teens and into their late twenties. The study is theoretically inspired by life-course…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Disabilities, Educational Environment
Social Influence, Health Variables and Criminal Behaviours Associated with Substance Use among Rural Norwegian Adolescents
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Nordfjaern, Trond; Dahl, Hilde; Flemmen, Grete – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2013
Aims: To investigate social influence, health, criminality and substance use in a sample of 1288 Norwegian rural adolescents. Relations between these factors and substance use were examined. Methods: Data were obtained from the "UngData" study. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among adolescents (n = 740) in nine…
Descriptors: Social Status, Drinking, Social Influences, Parent Participation
Long-Term Benefits of Social Ties to Peers--Even among Adolescents with "Risky" Friendships?
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Sletten, Mira Aaboen – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
Applying the theoretical framework of social capital, this article investigates whether adolescents' popularity among their peers during junior high school protects them against a financially marginalized position (as indicated by unemployment, social assistance reception and low educational attainment) in young adulthood. Based on a Norwegian…
Descriptors: Friendship, Adolescents, Social Capital, Social Networks