TY  - BOOK
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AU  - Ayse Ciftci Uruk.
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ED  - The Journal of Psychology. 137 (2) : March 2003. pp 179-193
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SN  - 2
PY  - 0000///46
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KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - LONELINESS.;PEER RELATIONS
KW  - sears;sears0
N1  - ABSTRACT :  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> Rusell, L.A. Peplau & M. L. Ferguson, 1978), the family structure assessing instrument and a 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; 5
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