Earlier research has confirmed that loneliness is a universal phenomenon, experienced by
children and adults. Few reports have been published of investigations of experiences of …

The purpose of the present paper was to explore children's conceptualisation of loneliness
and to examine the link between children's reports of loneliness, being alone, and their …

When an individual's socio-emotional needs are not being adequately met, the subjective
and negative feeling of loneliness occurs. Study assessed the experiences of loneliness of …

Abstract describe the general design of an ongoing research programme [on loneliness in
adolescence]/the literature will be selectively reviewed with special emphasis on three …

Compared 6 self-rating measures of loneliness and associated phenomena, designed for
use with elementary-school children. Three samples of children in Grades 5 and 6 (total N …

Decades ago, prominent theorists assumed that loneliness could only be experienced in
adolescence and adulthood when needs for social intimacy, beyond those which parents …

Until recently, psychologists have neglected the issue of childhood loneliness, perhaps
because, in part, of early theorists' assertions that loneliness does not become a viable …

Interest in children's and adolescents' loneliness has increased dramatically over the past
two decades (see the introductory chapter, this volume). One facet of loneliness that has …

The aim of this study was to examine if Hymel, Tarulli, Hayden Thomson, and Terrell-
Deutsch's (1999) three-dimension model of children's loneliness perceptions could be …

The present investigation is the first examination of the factor structures, reliability, external
validity, longitudinal invariance, and stability of the De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale …