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Article: Loneliness and social dissatisfaction in Turkish adolescents.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Psychology
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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LONELINESS is defined as an unpleasant experience that occurs when a person's network of social relationships is significantly deficient in either quality or quantity (Peplau & Penman, 1982). Generally, the term loneliness tends to evoke thoughts of an elderly person isolated and alone. However, the experience of loneliness transcends the whole spectrum of human life and is felt by both the young and the old (McWhirter, 1990; Williams, 1983). Given the significance of the deficiency in satisfactory social relationships in the development of loneliness, it is not surprising to find it is a common problem among adolescents because of the significance of adolescence as a ...
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