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A Cross-Lagged Regression Analysis of Loneliness and Depression: A Two-Year Trace
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European Journal of Developmental Psychology . 2022 19(2):198-212. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This article aims to explore the possible causal relationship between loneliness and depression in college students. Two hundred and fifty-nine college students had been investigated four times in 2 years with UCLA and CES-D, and cross-lagged regression analysis was used. (1) there was a significant positive correlation between loneliness and depression of college students; (2) cross-lagged regression analysis showed that after controlling the related variables and the stability of variables themselves, loneliness, and depression could positively predict each other at points-in-time T1 and T2; Depression could significantly positively predict loneliness at points-in-time T2, T3, and T4. There is a bidirectional relationship between loneliness and depression of college students, and the effect of depression on loneliness is stronger than that of loneliness on depression.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1740-5629 and 1740-5610
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- European Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1362690
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2020.1865146