ADOLESCENT LONELINESS ASSESSMENT

MARÍA CRISTINA RICHAUD DE MINZI; CARLA SACCHI

Adolescence

Libra Publisher Inc.

Lugar: San Diego - California; Año: 2004 vol. 39 p. 701 - 710

The aim of the present work was to develop a  loneliness scale for adolescents that assesses their perceptions of the quality of their relationships with parents and peers.   The scale was administered to 1,233 Argentine secondary school students, aged 13-16 years. Factor analyses (principal axes, oblimin solution) were conducted. Four factors  were obtained, which accounted for 43.13%  of the variance: Peer Rejection,  Family Deficits and Parent Rejection,  Personal Inadequacy, and  Significant Separation.   The internal consistency assessed through Cronbach´s alpha was satisfactory.  We believe that this proposal, which aims at evaluating the different processes that cause and are caused by a feeling of loneliness, allows for an integral approach to the issue.