The role of peers and families in predicting the loneliness level of adolescents

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2003-03-01

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Uruk, AC
Demir, Ayhan Gürbüz

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The authors investigated the relative contribution of peer relations, family structure, and demographic variables in predicting loneliness in adolescents. Ninth-grade high school students (N = 756) from 8 different schools representing various socioeconomic status in Ankara, Turkey, completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale (D. Russell, L. A. Peplau, & M. L. Ferguson, 1978), the Family Structure Assessing Instrument (A. Gulerce, 1996), and an author-constructed questionnaire involving demographic information and variables on peer relations. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that all three sets of variables accounted for 41% of the variance in loneliness scores. Additionally, peer relations contributed 34% of the variance, family structure 14%, and demographic variables 3%. Within the limits of the study, peer relations appear to be the best predictors of adolescent loneliness.

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Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), General Psychology, Education

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47709

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JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980309600607

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Department of Educational Sciences, Article

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A. Uruk and A. G. Demir, “The role of peers and families in predicting the loneliness level of adolescents,” JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, pp. 179–193, 2003, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/47709.