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Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research

OBJECTIVES: From the perspective of person-centered research, the present study aimed to identify the potential profiles of solitude among late adolescents based on their solitary behavior, motivation, attitude, and time alone. In addition, to echo the paradox of solitude, we further explored the li...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Tong, Liao, Longyue, Nguyen, Thuy-Vy T., Li, Dan, Liu, Junsheng
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173441
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author Zhou, Tong
Liao, Longyue
Nguyen, Thuy-Vy T.
Li, Dan
Liu, Junsheng
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Liao, Longyue
Nguyen, Thuy-Vy T.
Li, Dan
Liu, Junsheng
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description OBJECTIVES: From the perspective of person-centered research, the present study aimed to identify the potential profiles of solitude among late adolescents based on their solitary behavior, motivation, attitude, and time alone. In addition, to echo the paradox of solitude, we further explored the links between solitude profiles and adjustment outcomes. METHODS: The participants of the study were 355 late adolescents (56.34% female, M (age) = 19.71 years old) at three universities in Shanghai, China. Measures of solitary behavior, autonomous motivation for solitude, attitude toward being alone, and time spent alone were collected using adolescents' self-report assessments. The UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Basic Psychological Needs Scales were measured as indices of adjustment. RESULTS: Latent profile analysis revealed four distinct groups: absence of the aloneness group (21.13%), the positive motivational solitude group (29.01%), the negative motivational solitude group (38.03%), and the activity-oriented solitude group (11.83%). Differences emerged among these four groups in terms of loneliness, depressive symptoms, and basic needs satisfaction, with adolescents in the negative motivational solitude group facing the most risk of psychological maladjustment. CONCLUSION: Findings revealed the possible heterogeneous nature of solitude among Chinese late adolescents and provided a theoretical basis for further understanding of adolescents' solitary state.
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spelling pubmed-103583552023-07-21 Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research Zhou, Tong Liao, Longyue Nguyen, Thuy-Vy T. Li, Dan Liu, Junsheng Front Psychiatry Psychiatry OBJECTIVES: From the perspective of person-centered research, the present study aimed to identify the potential profiles of solitude among late adolescents based on their solitary behavior, motivation, attitude, and time alone. In addition, to echo the paradox of solitude, we further explored the links between solitude profiles and adjustment outcomes. METHODS: The participants of the study were 355 late adolescents (56.34% female, M (age) = 19.71 years old) at three universities in Shanghai, China. Measures of solitary behavior, autonomous motivation for solitude, attitude toward being alone, and time spent alone were collected using adolescents' self-report assessments. The UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the Basic Psychological Needs Scales were measured as indices of adjustment. RESULTS: Latent profile analysis revealed four distinct groups: absence of the aloneness group (21.13%), the positive motivational solitude group (29.01%), the negative motivational solitude group (38.03%), and the activity-oriented solitude group (11.83%). Differences emerged among these four groups in terms of loneliness, depressive symptoms, and basic needs satisfaction, with adolescents in the negative motivational solitude group facing the most risk of psychological maladjustment. CONCLUSION: Findings revealed the possible heterogeneous nature of solitude among Chinese late adolescents and provided a theoretical basis for further understanding of adolescents' solitary state. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10358355/ /pubmed/37484662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173441 Text en Copyright © 2023 Zhou, Liao, Nguyen, Li and Liu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Zhou, Tong
Liao, Longyue
Nguyen, Thuy-Vy T.
Li, Dan
Liu, Junsheng
Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
title Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
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title_fullStr Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
title_full_unstemmed Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
title_short Solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in Chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
title_sort solitude profiles and psychological adjustment in chinese late adolescence: a person-centered research
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1173441
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