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January 24, 2026Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Loneliness patterns across time and subsequent risk of psychotic experiences, depression, anxiety, and diminished well‐being in adolescents

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ZNZui NaritaNational Center of Neurology and PsychiatryJDJordan DeVylderTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical ScienceGKGemma KnowlesKing's College London

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Implication

Longitudinal analysis explores loneliness and its link to mental health issues in adolescents, suggesting interventions may help.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand how changing loneliness patterns in adolescents relate to mental health outcomes like psychosis, depression, and anxiety.
  • Utilized longitudinal data from 3,171 participants in the Tokyo Teen Cohort.
  • Assessed loneliness at ages 12 and 14 to evaluate its impact on mental health by age 16.
  • Employed the g-formula to analyze relationships between loneliness and various mental health issues.
  • Addressed missing data through multiple imputation techniques.
  • Persistent loneliness significantly raised the risk of psychotic experiences with a relative risk of 2.44.
  • Incident loneliness at age 14 was also linked to increased risk and severity of mental health problems.
  • No significant association was noted in those whose loneliness subsided by age 14.
  • Findings suggested that interventions could potentially mitigate the risk associated with loneliness.

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Narita et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69746149bb9d90c67120b31chttps://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70114
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