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The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation (2024)
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McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Turner, R. N., Yang, K., & Groarke, J. M. (2024). The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation. Current Psychology, 43(42), 32907-32920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-06828-2

Loneliness is a common and distressing experience which has an existential dimension. Existential loneliness is understudied and a brief, valid measure which is grounded in experiences of the phenomenon and captures its distressing nature is needed.... Read More about The brief scale of existential loneliness: scale development and psychometric evaluation.

"It's a feeling of complete disconnection": experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood. (2023)
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McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Turner, R. N., Yang, K., & Groarke, J. M. (2023). "It's a feeling of complete disconnection": experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood. BMC Psychology, 11(1), Article 408. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01452-4

Existential loneliness is a feeling which stems from a sense of fundamental separation from others and the world. Although commonly mentioned in the loneliness literature, there is relatively little empirical work on this construct, and existing work... Read More about "It's a feeling of complete disconnection": experiences of existential loneliness from youth to older adulthood..

Loneliness and intersectionality: A progressive conditional approach (2023)
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Yang, K. (2023). Loneliness and intersectionality: A progressive conditional approach. Current Research in Behavioural Sciences, 5, Article 100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2023.100122

Both loneliness and intersectionality have become well established areas of academic research since the 1970s and 1980s. Nevertheless, only very recently some meaningful connections were made between the two, although researchers have paid attention... Read More about Loneliness and intersectionality: A progressive conditional approach.

Uncovering the social determinants of brain injury rehabilitation (2023)
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Dunne, S., Williams, G. P., Bradbury, C., Keyes, T., Lane, A. R., Yang, K., & Ellison, A. (2023). Uncovering the social determinants of brain injury rehabilitation. Journal of Health Psychology, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231166263

Social determinants of health (SDH), such as social isolation and loneliness, are often more frequently experienced in brain injury survivors. The paper explores the personal experiences of loneliness among brain injury survivors during lockdown to n... Read More about Uncovering the social determinants of brain injury rehabilitation.

The Role of School Connectedness and Friend Contact in Adolescent Loneliness, and Implications for Physical Health (2022)
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Zheng, Y., Panayiotou, M., Currie, D., Yang, K., Bagnall, C., Qualter, P., & Inchley, J. (2024). The Role of School Connectedness and Friend Contact in Adolescent Loneliness, and Implications for Physical Health. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 55, 851–860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01449-x

The current study investigated how adolescents’ loneliness relates to school connectedness, classmate support, teacher support, and offline and online communication with friends. We also examined the association between loneliness, physical health, a... Read More about The Role of School Connectedness and Friend Contact in Adolescent Loneliness, and Implications for Physical Health.

Loneliness from the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations about Loneliness between Adolescents and Childline Counsellors (2022)
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Verity, L., Yang, K., Nowland, R., Shankar, A., Turnbull, M., & Qualter, P. (2024). Loneliness from the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations about Loneliness between Adolescents and Childline Counsellors. Journal of Adolescent Research, 39(5), 1413-1443. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221111121

There is limited qualitative research on the experience of loneliness in adolescence, meaning key facets of the loneliness experience that are important in adolescence may have been overlooked. The current study addresses that gap in the literature a... Read More about Loneliness from the Adolescent Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Conversations about Loneliness between Adolescents and Childline Counsellors.

Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population (2022)
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Soo, S. H. J., Tan, S. Y., & Yang, K. (2022). Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population. Environment social psychology, 7(1), Article 810. https://doi.org/10.18063/esp.v7.i1.810

Many well-established sociological studies pertaining to the salubrious link between social relations and mental health have been published. In particular, numerous researchers address the issue of how social isolation and lack of family support and... Read More about Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population.

Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2021)
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Noone, C., & Yang, K. (2022). Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), e859 - e873. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13682

In many countries across the world, older people are one of the groups most vulnerable to loneliness. Community-based responses are well placed to support and enhance pre-existing coping strategies in older people. However, the evidence base of these... Read More about Community‐based responses to loneliness in older people: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England (2021)
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Yang, K., Armstrong, N., Diamond, C., Lane, A. R., & Dunne, S. (2022). The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England. Journal of Health Psychology, 27(11), 2539-2548. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053211017198

This study explored stroke survivors’ experiences of loneliness. Drawing on interviews with 29 community dwelling stroke survivors living in the Northeast of England, we found several themes: loneliness as being alone, the season or time, lack of und... Read More about The meaning of loneliness to stroke survivors: A qualitative study in Northeast England.

Prevalence and Social Inequality in Youth Loneliness in the UK (2021)
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Qualter, P., Hennessey, A., Yang, K., Chester, K. L., Klemera, E., & Brooks, F. (2021). Prevalence and Social Inequality in Youth Loneliness in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), Article 10420. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910420

Using data from the English arm of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, we examined the prevalence of loneliness for school-aged adolescents and how it is linked to social inequalities. The HBSC study collects data from 11-, 13-... Read More about Prevalence and Social Inequality in Youth Loneliness in the UK.

Experiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature (2020)
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McKenna-Plumley, P. E., Groarke, J. M., Turner, R. N., & Yang, K. (2020). Experiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), Article 284. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01544-x

Background: Loneliness is a highly prevalent, harmful, and aversive experience which is fundamentally subjective: social isolation alone cannot account for loneliness, and people can experience loneliness even with ample social connections. A number... Read More about Experiences of loneliness: a study protocol for a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature.

Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study (2020)
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Yang, K., Peterson, K., & Qualter, P. (2022). Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025420965737

In the current study, data collected from Wave 6 of the Millennium Cohort Study (n = 11,872), a nationally representative sample survey of youth aged 14 years in the UK, are used to examine the prevalence of loneliness among this age-group, investiga... Read More about Undesirable social relations as risk factors for loneliness among 14-year-olds in the UK: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study.

Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population (2019)
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Joy, S. S. H., Yin, T. S., & Yang, K. (2019). Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population. Environment social psychology, 4(2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.18063/esp.v4i2.810

Many well-established sociological studies pertaining to the salubrious link between social relations and mental health have been published. In particular, numerous researchers address the issue of how social isolation and lack of family support and... Read More about Types of Social Support Associated with Depression in the UK Adult Population.

Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile (2019)
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Meersohn Schmidt, C., & Yang, K. (2020). Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile. Ageing & Society, 40(7), 1428-1454. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x18001733

A key issue in understanding the social lives of older people is how active they are in coping with the demands of ageing. Often the ‘successfulness’ of ageing is measured with medical and biological criteria. While the notion of ‘active ageing’ is m... Read More about Controlling active ageing: a study of social imaginaries of older people in Chile.

Longitudinal Loneliness and Its Risk Factors among Older People in England (2018)
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Yang, K. (2018). Longitudinal Loneliness and Its Risk Factors among Older People in England. Canadian Journal on Aging, 37(1), 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0714980817000526

This study involved the longitudinal trajectories of loneliness with aging and models the effects of relevant risk factors. Data came from the second to the sixth waves (2004/5 – 2012/13) of the English Longitudinal Studies of Ageing (ELSA). Responde... Read More about Longitudinal Loneliness and Its Risk Factors among Older People in England.

The Price of Informality: How Informal Finance Schemes Defaulted in China, 1989–2015 (2017)
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Lin, L., & Yang, K. (2017). The Price of Informality: How Informal Finance Schemes Defaulted in China, 1989–2015. China: An International Journal, 15(4), 111-135

The default of a large number of informal finance schemes in China has caused enormous financial losses, and therefore has potential social and political significance. Analysing 354 defaulted schemes from 1989 to 2015, this study defines how they dif... Read More about The Price of Informality: How Informal Finance Schemes Defaulted in China, 1989–2015.

Causal conditions for loneliness: a set-theoretic analysis on an adult sample in the UK (2017)
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Yang, K. (2018). Causal conditions for loneliness: a set-theoretic analysis on an adult sample in the UK. Quality and Quantity, 52(2), 685-701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-017-0482-y

While age has been identified as a risk factor for loneliness, whether it is a necessary or sufficient condition for loneliness has never been examined. This is the first study that applies fuzzy-set QCA, a special type of set-theoretic method, to di... Read More about Causal conditions for loneliness: a set-theoretic analysis on an adult sample in the UK.