Can schools mitigate young people from feeling lonely: An analysis across Europe
This policy brief presents results on 15-year-olds loneliness feelings and discusses three questions:
a) Why is loneliness of children important?
b) Who is lonely?
c) What can mitigate loneliness - with a special focus on school characteristics.
Results show that in order to fight loneliness in schools, teachers are key. Students who perceive their teachers to be supportive are of a much lower risk to feel lonely. In addition, education policies should aim to decrease bullying within schools. A school climate aiming at improving cooperation between students can further mitigate loneliness. It is important to support especially those students attending schools with on average low student performance. In whatever school climate students learn, it is the first generation immigrants as well as those who speak another language at home than the one in school who are more likely to feel lonely and therefore need special attention.
SCHNEPF Sylke;
BOLDRINI Michela;
BLASKO Zsuzsa;
2022-06-06
European Commission
JRC128731
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128731,
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