Loneliness Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk Factors in Norwegian Young People
Abstract: Background: There is evidence of increasing levels of loneliness in Norwegian young people before the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not clear how the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated necessary restrictions, impacted on these trends. Aims: To examine how loneliness in young people changed across the pandemic, how loneliness relates to demographic characteristics and how different pandemic restrictions impacted loneliness. Method: We analyzed data from three waves of a Norwegian national higher education student survey (the SHoT-study). Data was examined from 2018 from a total of 49,836 students, 2021 from 62,212 students, and from 2022 from 53,362 (response rates 31-35%). Loneliness was measured by “The Three-Item Loneliness Scale” (T-ILS). Results: There was a sharp increase in loneliness from 2018 to 2021, and a reduction in levels of loneliness in 2022, although at increased levels compared to prior to the pandemic. Females consistently report higher levels of loneliness than mal.... https://cpe.psychopen.eu/index.php/cpe/article/view/10483
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Loneliness Across the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk Factors in Norwegian Young People ; volume:5 ; number:3 ; day:29 ; month:09 ; year:2023
Clinical psychology in Europe ; 5, Heft 3 (29.09.2023)
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Hysing, Mari
Petrie, Keith J.
Harvey, Allison G.
Lønning, Kari-Jussie
Sivertsen, Børge
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10.32872/cpe.10483
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023093005112799249946
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Petrie, Keith J.
- Harvey, Allison G.
- Lønning, Kari-Jussie
- Sivertsen, Børge
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