The Role of Peers and Families in Predicting the Loneliness Level of Adolescents

Uruk, Ayse Ciftci; Demir, Ayhan

doi:10.1080/00223980309600607

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“…Students who reported their family environment to be high coherent reported lower loneliness. Earlier studies also revealed the importance of a coherent family environment in the development of loneliness (Brage et al, 1994;Girgin, 2009;Uruk & Demir, 2003). This result is consistent with the findings of Hojat (1982), who found that adolescents who have problems with their parents were more likely to experience loneliness.…”

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The Role of Gender, Attachment Dimensions, and Family Environment on Loneliness Among Turkish University Students

Demirli

Demir

2013

Aust. j. guid. couns.

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the predictive value of gender, attachment dimensions and family environment in explaining loneliness among students. The study included 473 students (281 females, 192 males) from Ankara University. The UCLA Loneliness Scale, Family Environment Assessment Scale and Experiences in Close Relationships -Revised Questionnaire were administered to all participants. The results of the regression analyses demonstrated that the avoidance dimension of attachment accounted for 11%, avoidance and anxiety 14%, all attachment dimensions and family environment 18%, and all variables together (attachment dimensions, family environment, gender) accounted for 19% of variance in loneliness. The present study demonstrated that insecurely attached males with low-coherent families reported the highest degree of loneliness. On the contrary, securely attached females with high-coherent families reported the lowest degree of loneliness.Loneliness is a universal phenomenon mostly accompanied by other negative feelings such as anxiety, anger, hopelessness, sadness, and depression, which visits every human soul in every culture at different times of life cycle. Hence, over the past decades the research and publications on resources and consequences of loneliness have increased rapidly and researchers have become increasingly interested in examining the relationship between attachment dimensions (

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The Role of Gender, Attachment Dimensions, and Family Environment on Loneliness Among Turkish University Students

Demirli

Demir

2013

Aust. j. guid. couns.

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“…In the literature there are studies that have reached similar results based on the variables of college year (Atlı & Keldal, 2015;Baran et al, 2015;Certel, Yakut, Yakut & Gülsün, 2016), parent's education level (Uruk & Demir, 2003;Baran et al, 2015), and number of siblings (Uruk & Demir, 2003;Baran et al, 2015).…”

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A Study of Students’ Loneliness Levels and Their Attachment Styles

Kıralp¹,

Serin²

2017

JETS

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between loneliness levels and attachment styles of university students. In this research, it was investigated whether the attachment styles differed in terms of variables such as gender, class, place of stay, socio-economic level of their family, parental education levels, counterpart friendship relations, number of siblings, whether to receive psychological help or not. This research was conducted as a relational search. A total of 247 university students selected randomly formed the sample of the research. The results of the research can be summarized as follows; Loneliness levels of those who perceive the socioeconomic status as low and those who didn't get psychological help are found to be higher. Male students and students who get psychological help have higher scores on secure attachment. According to the results of the research there's a low negative correlation between the loneliness levels of students and dismissing attachment style, a low positive correlation between the loneliness level and preoccupied attachment style, and a low negative correlation between the loneliness level and secure attachment style.

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“…According to several studies (e.g., de Jong Gierveld & Havens, 2004;Killeen, 1998;Saari, 2009), loneliness is a socio-political question, and therefore, communal methods, distribution of information, and holistic culture of caring should be considered salient societal means of preventing problems such as loneliness. Although it is possible to arrange expensive and large societal and educational interventions to prevent loneliness (see e.g., Masi, Chen, Hawkley, & Cacioppo, 2011;VanderWeele et al, 2011), often the roots of loneliness can be found in childhood, friendships, and families (Uruk & Demir, 2003). Therefore, we want to spend a moment discussing the role of peer support.…”

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College students’ experiences of and coping with loneliness - possibilities of peer support

Vaarala¹,

Määttä²,

Uusiautti³

2013

IJRSE

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This study focused on the perceived loneliness of college students, and more specifically on the factors related to the emergence of the feeling of loneliness and ways of coping with loneliness. The research data were obtained from an internet forum functioning as a support network for children and adolescent called "Loneliness internet group". Anonymous messages (N=276) from summer and fall 2011 were selected as the data. Analysis was qualitative content analysis. The findings revealed the dimensions of college students' perceived loneliness and their coping methods. Also, the importance of the internet-based peer support was discussed.

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The Role of Peers and Families in Predicting the Loneliness Level of Adolescents

Cited by 61 publications

References 33 publications

The Role of Gender, Attachment Dimensions, and Family Environment on Loneliness Among Turkish University Students

The Role of Gender, Attachment Dimensions, and Family Environment on Loneliness Among Turkish University Students

A Study of Students’ Loneliness Levels and Their Attachment Styles

College students’ experiences of and coping with loneliness - possibilities of peer support

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