ERIC Number: EJ1074012
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Oct
Pages: 26
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Loneliness in the Daily Lives of Adolescents: An Experience Sampling Study Examining the Effects of Social Contexts
van Roekel, Eeske; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Goossens, Luc; Verhagen, Maaike
Journal of Early Adolescence, v35 n7 p905-930 Oct 2015
The main aim of the present study was to examine state levels of loneliness in adolescence. Both concurrent associations and temporal dynamics between social contexts and state levels of loneliness were examined. Data were collected from 286 adolescents (M[subscript age] = 14.19 years, 59% girls) by using the Experience Sampling Method. Results showed that adolescents had higher levels of state loneliness when they were alone, compared with being with company. When adolescents were with others, they were most lonely at school and with classmates. Adolescents showed a relief effect when they entered the company of friends after being alone, whereas a spillover effect of solitude was found when adolescents entered the company of family after being alone. Our findings show the dynamics of state loneliness, in that being with classmates increases state loneliness, whereas being with friends reduces loneliness after being alone.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Friendship, Peer Relationship, Family Relationship, Social Influences, Environmental Influences, Gender Differences, Context Effect, Hypothesis Testing, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Statistical Analysis, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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