Loneliness at adolescence: Correlates, attributions, and coping
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Vol. 12 (2) , 95-100
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02088307
Abstract
The present study provides much needed empirical data on the adolescent loneliness experience. One hundred adolescents were given measures of loneliness, loneliness attributions, coping styles, and personal characteristics. Loneliness was positively related to state and trait anxiety, an external locus of control, depression, self-consciousness, and social anxiety and negatively related to self-reported attractiveness, likability, happiness, and life satisfaction. Lonely adolescents were also less willing to take social risks. Adolescents most often attributed loneliness to boredom and most often coped with loneliness by watching TV or listening to music. The implications of these findings for adolescent social development are discussed.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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