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Little is known about the correlates of loneliness for this population. This study examines the social-ecological correlates of loneliness in young adult males.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Males, aged 18 to 25 years, in the United States were recruited to take part in a cross-sectional electronic survey. Loneliness was assessed as a composite measure. The social-ecological correlates consisted of intrapersonal-level (e.g., social-demographic characteristics), interpersonal-level (e.g., adverse childhood experiences), community-level (e.g., life expectancy at the county level), and societal-level (e.g., idealized masculine gender) variables. A four-block hierarchical regression was performed with each block representing the respective social-ecological level.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among the study sample ( n = 495), the intra- and interpersonal variables significantly shared 10% and an incremental 3%, respectively, of the explained variance in loneliness. Mental health diagnosis (\u03b2 = 1.06, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [0.54, 1.59]), childhood physical and emotional abuse (\u03b2 = 0.21, 95% CI: [0.02, 0.39]), and childhood sexual abuse (\u03b2 = 0.30, 95% CI: [0.01, 0.60]) were significantly associated with greater loneliness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings highlight that the micro-level (intra- and interpersonal) correlates may be most important in predicting loneliness in young adult males. Specifically, young males with a mental health diagnosis and those with greater experiences of childhood adversity are at potentially greater risk for loneliness. 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