Loneliness and health risk behaviours among Russian and U.S. adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as substance use and sexual behaviour may be a way of coping with the distress arising from loneliness during adolescence. However, the association betwe...

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Autores: Stickley A; Koyanagi A; Koposov R; Schwab-Stone M; Ruchkin V
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Repositorio:r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
OAI Identifier:oai:fsjd.fundanetsuite.com:p12690
Acceso en línea:https://fsjd.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=12690
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24735570/
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adolescent
Health risk behaviour
Loneliness
Russia
United States
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Sumario:For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as substance use and sexual behaviour may be a way of coping with the distress arising from loneliness during adolescence. However, the association between loneliness and health risk behaviour has been little studied to date. To address this research gap, the current study examined this relation among Russian and U.S. adolescents.