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Woodward, John C.; Kalyan-Masih, Violet – Adolescence, 1990
Investigated loneliness, coping, and cognitive styles of 52 gifted rural adolescents. Found that field independent (FI) adolescents were more lonely in a crowd, whereas field dependent (FD) adolescents were more lonely when not with others. FI adolescents showed more autonomy and self-reliance, while FD adolescents relied more on external sources…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Style, Coping, Field Dependence Independence