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September 5, 2025Behavioral SciencesOpen Access

Loneliness and Emotional and Externalizing Problems in Early Adolescence: Moderating and Mediating Effects of Coping Skills

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SVSharmila VazRCReinie CordierAJAnnette Joosten

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Overview

Prospective study links loneliness to emotional and externalizing problems in adolescents, highlighting coping skills' role.

Key Points

  • Loneliness in primary school predicts increases in emotional and externalizing problems over time, emphasizing its impact.
  • Boys reported poorer coping skills and more externalizing problems than girls, with no difference in loneliness levels.
  • Problem-solving and non-productive coping mediated associations between loneliness and emotional problems, revealing pathways.
  • Understanding the impact of loneliness on adolescent mental health is crucial for developing effective interventions.

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Vaz et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c239e5b210217d6477e899https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15091192
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