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April 2023

Loneliness and wellbeing among adolescents and young adults

Loneliness and wellbeing among adolescents and young adults
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Context

Young people – those aged between 16 and 24 – report the highest rates of loneliness in the UK.

In April 2020, we launched our Loneliness and wellbeing in young people project to further the
collective understanding of young people’s loneliness.

As part of this project, we produced a series of academic papers that explored the following key research areas:

  1. How does loneliness, mental health and wellbeing link with each other?
  2. What makes loneliness and wellbeing more or less likely for adolescents and young adults?
  3. How does young people’s experience in school impact loneliness?

Using the findings from these papers, this document summarises how, where and why loneliness is felt by young people.

It also details ways that anyone working with and for young people can help improve the spaces, places and relationships that make a difference to young people’s loneliness.

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The quick read

What we found

Next steps

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