There could be a totally new public health crisis as kids who experienced increased loneliness throughout the pandemic grow up.
Still, given the ongoing social isolation during COVID surges, along with a host of other societal factors, loneliness in children is rapidly on the rise, which could lead to a massive public health crisis down the road.
“In young adults, childhood loneliness before age 12 was associated with perceived stress right now and affected dysregulated drinking,” said Julie Patock-Peckham, assistant research professor in the ASU Department of Psychology in aThe researchers surveyed 300 college students, who completed assessments of childhood loneliness, along with their current stress levels and drinking behaviors.
The researchers collected the data before the pandemic, which, as we all know, has wreaked havoc on everyone’s mental health. To the researchers, this means that health officials should be preparing for a public health crisis for young adults in the immediate future. “The findings suggest that we could have another public health crisis on our hands in a few years as today’s children grow up,” Patock-Peckham said. “We need more research into whether mitigating childhood loneliness could be a way to disrupt the pathways that lead to alcohol use disorders in adults.
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