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- Title
Loneliness and multiple health domains: associations among emerging adults.
- Authors
Perez, Lilian G.; Siconolfi, Daniel; Troxel, Wendy M.; Tucker, Joan S.; Seelam, Rachana; Rodriguez, Anthony; Shih, Regina A.; D'Amico, Elizabeth J.
- Abstract
Emerging adults (18–25 years), particularly racially/ethnically diverse and sexual and gender minority populations, may experience loneliness following major life transitions. How loneliness relates to health and health disparities during this developmental period is not well understood. We examine associations of loneliness with physical (self-rated health), behavioral (alcohol/marijuana consequences; nicotine dependence), and health behavior outcomes (weekday and weekend sleep; trouble sleeping), and investigate moderating effects by sex, race/ethnicity, and sexual/gender minority (SGM) status. Adjusted models using cross-sectional data from 2,534 emerging adults, predominantly in California, examined associations between loneliness and each outcome and tested interactions of loneliness with sex, race/ethnicity, and SGM status. Higher loneliness was significantly associated with worse self-rated health, higher marijuana consequences, less weekday sleep, and greater odds of feeling bothered by trouble sleeping. None of the interactions were significant. Findings suggest that interventions to reduce loneliness may help promote healthy development among emerging adults across subgroups.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; TRANSITION to adulthood; SUBSTANCE abuse; MINORITIES; SELF-evaluation; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH status indicators; SLEEP hygiene; RACE; LONELINESS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; PSYCHOLOGY of the sick; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; LONGITUDINAL method; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2022, Vol 45, Issue 2, p260
- ISSN
0160-7715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10865-021-00267-1