Publications: DR Laura Riddleston

Verity L, Lau JYF, Fuhrmann D, Riddleston L, Qualter P ( 2025 ) . Age differences in conceptualisations of loneliness: a qualitative exploration of youth perspectives . International Journal of Adolescence and Youth vol. 30 , ( 1 )

Fuhrmann D, Riddleston L, Verity L, Alam I, Chavez L, Conway J, Niaz A, Pollmann A et al. ( 2025 ) . Coproducing a new scale with young people aged 10–24 years: a protocol for the development and validation of the Youth Loneliness Scale (YLS) . BMJ Open vol. 15 , ( 7 )

Qualter P, Verity L, Walibhai W, Fuhrmann D, Riddleston L, Alam I, Conway J, Lau JYF ( 2025 ) . Exploring child and youth understanding of loneliness through qualitative insights and evaluating loneliness measures considering those lived experiences . Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences vol. 1544 , ( 1 ) 42 - 54 .

Burke L, Verity L, Riddleston L, Fuhrmann D, Qualter P, Lau JYF, Demkowicz O ( 2024 ) . Exploring how children and adolescents talk about coping strategies relating to loneliness using reflexive thematic analysis: a qualitative study . Frontiers in Psychiatry vol. 15 ,

Hutchinson T, Riddleston L, Lavi I, Pile V, Meehan A, Shukla M, Lau J ( 2024 ) . Does Prospective Mental Imagery Predict Symptoms of Negative Affect and Anhedonia in Young People? . Child Psychiatry & Human Development1 - 11 .

Zavos HMS, Riddleston L, Jayaweera K, Dissanayake L, Jabir S, Hotopf M, Siribaddana S, Sumathipala A ( 2023 ) . Frequency of Consumption of Food Groups and Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors: A Genetically Informative Twin Study in Sri Lanka . Behavior Genetics vol. 54 , ( 1 ) 73 - 85 .

Riddleston L, Shukla M, Lavi I, Saglio E, Fuhrmann D, Pandey R, Singh T, Qualter P et al. ( 2023 ) . Identifying characteristics of adolescents with persistent loneliness during COVID‐19: A multi‐country eight‐wave longitudinal study . JCPP Advances vol. 4 , ( 1 )

Riddleston L, Bangura E, Gibson O, Qualter P, Lau JYF ( 2023 ) . Developing an interpretation bias modification training task for alleviating loneliness in young people . Behaviour Research and Therapy vol. 168 ,

Shukla M, Crew A, Wu A, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Kumari V, Hughes LD, Lau JYF ( 2023 ) . Self-Reported Worries in Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic . Cognitive Therapy and Research vol. 47 , ( 4 ) 531 - 542 .

Wu AF-W, Konac D, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Platt B, Pile V, Lau JYF ( 2023 ) . Maintaining Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Network Analysis of Well-Being Responses from British Youth . Journal of Emotion and Psychopathology vol. 1 , ( 1 ) 166 - 174 .

Hutchinson T, Riddleston L, Pile V, Meehan A, Shukla M, Lau J ( 2023 ) . Is Future Mental Imagery Associated with Reduced Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Negative Affect and Anhedonic Symptoms in Young People? . Cognitive Therapy and Research vol. 47 , ( 2 ) 168 - 180 .

Jong A, Riddleston L, Mathur M, Duncan K, Lalioti K, Fuhrmann D, Lau JYF ( 2023 ) . Young people's recommended coping strategies to manage social isolation: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK . Current Research in Behavioral Sciences vol. 5 ,

Shukla M, Wu AFW, Lavi I, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Lau JYF ( 2021 ) . A network analysis of adolescent mental well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: Evidence for cross-cultural differences in central features . Personality and Individual Differences vol. 186 ,

Shukla M, Pandey R, Singh T, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Kumari V, Lau JYF ( 2021 ) . The Effect of COVID-19 and Related Lockdown Phases on Young Peoples' Worries and Emotions: Novel Data From India . Frontiers in Public Health vol. 9 ,

Shukla M, Pandey R, Singh T, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Kumari V, Lau JYF ( 2020 ) . COVID-19 and Young Peoples’ Worries and Emotions: Novel Data from India .

Shukla M, Pandey R, Singh T, Riddleston L, Hutchinson T, Kumari V, Lau JYF ( 2020 ) . The Effect of COVID-19 and Related Lockdown Phases on Young Peoples’ Worries and Emotions: A Longitudinal Indian Cohort .

Argent SE, Riddleston L, Warr J, Tippetts H, Meredith Z ( 2017 ) . A period prevalence study of being a parent in a secure psychiatric hospital and a description of the parents, the children and the impact of admission on parent–child contact . Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health vol. 28 , ( 1 ) 85 - 99 .

Fuhrmann D, Riddleston L, Verity L, Alam I, Chavez L, Conway J, Niaz A, Pollmann A et al. . Co-producing a new scale with young people aged 10 – 24 years: A protocol for the development and validation of the Youth Loneliness Scale (YLS) .

Jong A, Riddleston L, Fuhrmann D, Lau JYF . Demographic and coping predictors of severe forms of loneliness in young people aged 12-25 years .