The development of loneliness from mid- to late adolescence: Trajectory classes, personality traits, and psychosocial functioning

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1305-1312

  Vanhalst, Janne ^a   Goossens, Luc ^a   Luyckx, Koen ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Loneliness; Personality traits; Self esteem; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; LONELINESS; PERSONALITY TRAITS; SELF-ESTEEM; TRAJECTORIES;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887402263     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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