TURKISH ADOLESCENTS' LONELINESS

Ayhan A. B., Simsek S., ARAL N., BARAN G.

PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, vol.110, no.2, pp.694-699, 2012 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 110 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.2466/02.10.17.pr0.110.2.694-699
  • Journal Name: PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.694-699
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The goal of this study was to characterize loneliness among adolescents with respect to socioeconomic level, sex, and mothers' and fathers' education. General information about the 400 adolescents and their families were obtained. The UCLA Loneliness Scale was administered. Results of a hierarchical multiple regression showed that mothers' educational level explained a slight but statistically significant amount of variance in adolescents' loneliness scores while sex, socioeconomic level and fathers' educational level did not.