Emotional problems mediate the effects of prosocial behaviour, school safety, and Internet addiction on adolescent loneliness: an exploratory study (opens in new tab)

Loneliness in adolescence is a significant risk factor for mental health disorders, yet its psychosocial determinants remain incompletely understood. With a cross-sectional design, this exploratory study recruited 773 research subjects aged 13–16 in a structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis to examine the association between prosocial behaviour, perceived school safety, and Internet addiction on adolescent loneliness, with emotional problems as a mediator. Variables were assessed using v...