Adolescent Loneliness and Place

To determine whether neighbourhoods and their characteristics influence adolescent loneliness.

Spatial environments affect mental health, mainly via opportunities for increased social interactions.

Loneliness occurs when a person thinks their interpersonal relationships are insufficient in some way.

<p>The importance of socio-demographic and social–environmental factors as contributors to loneliness, and the interplay between micro- and macro-level influences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The neighbourhood as a micro-systemic developmental context</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Little research has been conducted on the influence of neighborhoods and their characteristics on adolescent loneliness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>LSOAs are geographic units comprising ~650 households and are more likely to reflect how adolescents conceptualize the geographic boundaries of their neighbourhoods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Observed effects of neighbourhoods are sensitive to how they are geographically demarcated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By utilizing LSOAs as a granular geographic unit to study loneliness among adolescents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the first study to use LSOA geographic units in studying loneliness among adolescents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is influenced by various factors that need further examination.</p> Signup and view all the answers