Parent-Child Relationship, Family Structure, and Loneliness Among Adolescents

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While loneliness can occur at any age, past research has demonstrated that adolescence is a time of especially high risk. Family structure and the quality of the parent-child relationship are important in providing adolescents with a sense of belonging. Few studies have examined the association of family structure, parent-child relationship and loneliness among adolescents. This study analyzed the variables of parental connectedness, presence and activities and family type with covariates of age and gender as predictors of adolescent loneliness. Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) provided the study sample of 5,201 adolescents, with 1,750 adolescents reporting loneliness. Logistic regression procedure was used to analyze the main effects and interaction terms of the study variables. Lonely adolescents were older and female. Adolescents from one-parent and blended families were more likely to be lonely when compared to adolescents from intact fami

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