This time-lagged study explores the role of the big-five factors of personality in predicting
school loneliness in adolescent students. Personality data were gathered on 203 Israeli high …

Loneliness is associated with various negative mental and physical health outcomes.
Studies on factors associated with loneliness can inform its early screening and prevention …

Predictors of adolescent loneliness were investigated in two samples of high school
students (n= 92) and college undergraduates (n= 192). Results were similar across …

The present study is an investigation of the relationships of sociometric status, gender, and
academic achievement to loneliness levels of Turkish adolescents. Participants were 370 …

This study examined the association between perceived quality of early parental bonding
and loneliness of first-year university students in relation to two central personality-related …

Current theories of loneliness posit that biases in social information processing play a key
role in the development and maintenance of loneliness. However, this assumption has …

At the time of this study few empirical and systematic studies were available in the
psychological literature about the experience of loneliness. The present study was designed …

Based on current theories of depression, reciprocal links between loneliness and
depressive symptoms are expected to occur. However, longitudinal studies on adolescent …

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 …

Background Loneliness during adolescence has adverse consequences for mental health,
education and employment outcomes. Yet, we know little about common correlates of …