@article{ref1,
title="Entanglements of loneliness and mental ill health among young adult women",
journal="International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being",
year="2020",
author="Rönkä, Anna Reetta and Sunnari, Vappu and Taanila, Anja",
volume="15",
number="1",
pages="e1838101-e1838101",
abstract="PURPOSE: If a person experiences both loneliness and mental ill health, it may have severe effects on a person's wellbeing and functioning. This study explored the ways in which loneliness may be entangled with mental ill health and the factors that contribute to the development of such entanglements.   METHODS: The study participants were women from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 study, who, in 2001-2002, responded to the survey about being very lonely at the age of 15-16. Women (n = 17) were interviewed again at age 27-28 with semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed with thematic analysis.   RESULTS: Loneliness and mental ill health formed four types of entanglements: Entanglement 1 (E1): &quot;Loneliness periodically evoked depressive feelings&quot;; E2: &quot;Loneliness and depressive feelings formed an ongoing spiral&quot;; E3: &quot;Loneliness and diagnosed depression/serious emotional disturbance formed periodic spirals;&quot; and E4: &quot;Serious emotional disturbance/mental illness and loneliness formed an ongoing, difficult spiral.&quot; Social adversities like unsafe family environment, lack of close friends, and school violence contributed to the development of Entanglements 1-3. In Entanglement 4, serious mental health disorder caused loneliness.   CONCLUSIONS: Loneliness was centrally linked to mental health issues in the present study and should be taken into consideration when providing mental health prevention and treatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1748-2623",
doi="10.1080/17482631.2020.1838101",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1838101"
}