Loneliness, Self-Concept, and Adjustment

Goswick, Ruth Ann; Jones, Warren H.

doi:10.1080/00223980.1981.9915228

Cited by 102 publications

(44 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In the present study, loneliness related to all three measures of disordered eating in men, but only to body dissatisfaction in women. This relation between loneliness and body dissatisfaction has been noted in other studies (Goswick & Jones, 1981;Stephan et al, 1988) where researchers found loneliness negatively correlated with selfreports of physical attraction. This finding may suggest that because individuals feel dissatisfied with their body and appearance they may think others will share such negative attitudes, thus they isolate themselves from others.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Loneliness may be aggravated during college as students struggle to adjust to the changes and loss of some of their social support. Loneliness in college students negatively correlates with self-esteem and self-rated physical attractiveness (Stephan, Fäth, & Lamm, 1988) resulting in negative self-perceptions and harsher self-criticism especially in regard to one's evaluation of one's body, sexuality, health and appearance (Goswick & Jones, 1981).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Relationships among loneliness, interpersonal dependency, and disordered eating in young adults

Pritchard

Yalch

2009

Personality and Individual Differences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. © 2009, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at the Personality and Individual Differences, doi: 10.1016Differences, doi: 10. /j.paid.2008 This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online in Personality and Individual Differences (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.10.027) SummaryPrevious studies on loneliness and interpersonal dependency suggest a shared relation with eating disorders. Previous findings of the relation of interpersonal dependency with eating disorders may have misestimated the importance of interpersonal dependency by not including loneliness. Measures of loneliness, interpersonal dependency, and disordered eating (drive for thinness, bulimic symptoms, body dissatisfaction) were given to 176 college students. Mediation models were used to test the relative influence of interpersonal dependency and loneliness on body dissatisfaction. Loneliness mediated the relation between interpersonal dependency and body dissatisfaction; no other mediation models could be tested.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationships among loneliness, interpersonal dependency, and disordered eating in young adults

Pritchard

Yalch

2009

Personality and Individual Differences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Literature shows a consistent relation between loneliness and negative self-regard [42,43]. Feeling lonely and experiencing low self-esteem are a common problem [44], especially in migrants [38].…”

Section: The Present Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Acculturation, Adaptation and Loneliness among Brazilian Migrants Living in Portugal

Neto¹,

Oliveira²,

Neto³

2017

People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.Thomas Wolfe AbstractAcculturation refers to the changes that individuals undergo following intercultural contact. Adaptation is the long-term outcome of the process of acculturation, and loneliness represents one indicator of negative psychological adaptation. This study, using acculturation strategies, looks to answer to four questions:(1) what is the relationship between intercultural strategies and loneliness? (2) What inluence does cultural identity have on the loneliness of migrants? (3) What inluence does perceived discrimination have on the loneliness of migrants? and (4) what inluences do self-worth and perceptions of others have on the loneliness? Answering these questions is important for reducing migrants' loneliness. This study, carried out in 2012, is constituted by 258 Brazilian migrants in Portugal (53% females and 47% males) with a mean age of 36 years. The mean length of residence in Portugal was 14 years. In order to measure loneliness, we used the ULS-6 scale. Other scales were used to measure intercultural strategies, cultural identity, perceived discrimination, self-esteem and atitudes towards ethnocultural groups. As predicted, in what concerns intercultural strategies, loneliness was negatively associated with the strategy of integration, and positively associated with assimilation, separation and marginalization. Ethnic identity was negatively associated with loneliness, but, contrary to expectations, national identity was positively associated with loneliness. Perceived discrimination predicted positively loneliness. Finally, as expected, self-esteem and perceptions of the in-group predicted negatively loneliness. Implications of the study are discussed.

show abstract

“…A higher degree of dental malocclusion is associated with higher social phobia and lower self-esteem (11). Similarly, a more negative self-concept, possibly lesser adjustment, and greater self-focus have been associated with loneliness (12).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although numerous statements in the literature support the importance of psychological aspects of malocclusion (2)(3)(4)(5)(10)(11)(12)(13), the relationship between malocclusion and psychosocial well-being is an intriguing issue that needs to be considered. In this study, we aimed to investigate the influence of different types of malocclusions on self-concept, loneliness, and social phobia in a sample of orthodontic patients.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Different Orthodontic Malocclusions Affect Patients’ Self-Concept and Psychosocial Status?

et al. 2016

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-concept and psychosocial status measured by the levels of social phobia and loneliness in a sample of adolescent patients with different malocclusions and to explain the relationships, if any, between malocclusions. Methods:This study was performed on 90 (41 females and 49 males) orthodontic patients with a mean age of 13.52±1.81 years. The patients were divided into three groups (Class I, Class II, and Class III) according to the different types of malocclusions. Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (PHCSCS) was used to determine the self-concepts of patients. In addition, the levels of social phobia and loneliness were measured by Capa Social Phobia Scale for Children and Adolescents (CSPSCA) and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Inventory, respectively. Data were analyzed statistically. The self-concept, social phobia, and loneliness scores of each group were compared using two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey's post hoc test.Results: Self-concept scores did not significantly differ between the groups, except for the popularity subscale. Patients with Class II malocclusion had the lowest popularity scores. No significant differences were found between the levels of social phobia and loneliness among groups (p>0.05). Conclusion:Our findings demonstrated that different malocclusions do not affect patients' self-concept and psychosocial well-being.

show abstract

Loneliness, Self-Concept, and Adjustment

Cited by 102 publications

References 4 publications

Relationships among loneliness, interpersonal dependency, and disordered eating in young adults

Relationships among loneliness, interpersonal dependency, and disordered eating in young adults

Acculturation, Adaptation and Loneliness among Brazilian Migrants Living in Portugal

Do Different Orthodontic Malocclusions Affect Patients’ Self-Concept and Psychosocial Status?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About