Personality traits, loneliness, and attitudes toward aloneness in adolescence

Teppers, Eveline; Klimstra, Theo A.; Damme, Carolien Van; Luyckx, Koen; Vanhalst, Janne; Goossens, Luc

doi:10.1177/0265407513481445

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“…Furthermore, the present study adds to the ambiguous findings on the association between loneliness and both openness and conscientiousness. With regard to openness, the present study suggests that loneliness is unrelated to this trait, thereby supporting previous finding (Teppers et al, 2013;Vanhalst et al, 2013). Similarly, as van der Aa et al (2009) and Mund and Neyer (2016), we found a negative association between loneliness and conscientiousness.…”

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“…Furthermore, the effects of loneliness appeared to be independent of the age groups assessed. The findings of the present study align well with prior findings from cross-sectional and shorter-term longitudinal studies (Hensley et al, 2012;Saklofske & Yackulic, 1989;Stokes, 1985;Teppers et al, 2013;van der Aa et al, 2009;Vanhalst et al, 2013;Vanhalst et al, 2012) by demonstrating that loneliness is positively associated with neuroticism and negatively with extraversion and agreeableness. Furthermore, the present study adds to the ambiguous findings on the association between loneliness and both openness and conscientiousness.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Specifically, elevated levels of loneliness have been found to be particularly related to higher levels of neuroticism and lower levels of both extraversion and agreeableness (Hensley et al, 2012;Saklofske & Yackulic, 1989;Stokes, 1985;Teppers et al, 2013;van der Aa et al, 2009;Vanhalst, Goossens, Luyckx, Scholte, & Engels, 2013;Vanhalst et al, 2012). By contrast, prior findings for openness and conscientiousness are inconsistent.…”

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Loneliness Effects on Personality: Preprint

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Neyer²

2017

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Individuals feel lonely when they perceive a discrepancy between the desired and actually experienced quantity and quality of social relationships. Prior research has demonstrated the importance of loneliness for various health-related aspects. In the present article, we extend the existing literature on loneliness by investigating its role for predicting personality traits and their development from late adolescence to early midlife. Using data from a representative German sample (N = 12,402) sampling individuals from three different birth cohorts, we found loneliness to predict the levels of all Big Five traits but Openness five years later. The effects of loneliness on the development of neuroticism and extraversion reached statistical significance but were only marginal in terms of effect size. Furthermore, we found that a self-regulatory focus geared to the prevention of negative events mediated the effects of loneliness on later levels of the Big Five.

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2017

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“…In this context, we can list the following factors that are potentially between network position and level of satisfaction with social relationships: the need to belong (Leary, Kelly, Cottrell and Schreindorfer, 2013;Pickett, 2004), preference for loneliness (Burger, 1995), sensitivity to rejection (London, Downey, Bonica and Paltin, 2007), personality features (Teppers et al, 2013), self-esteem (Çivitci and Çivitci, 2009), conviction of one's own effectiveness (Wei, Russell and Zakalik, 2005) or even genetic factors . Any of these could be the reason for a different assessment of analogous peer relationships.…”

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The dynamics of perception of social integration in primary school. The latent growth curve model

Grygiel¹

2017

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The article discusses the specific character of changes in the assessment of the sense of social integration in the classroom between primary school third-and sixth-graders, and their social, demographic and cognitive determinants, with special consideration given to a pupil's position in the sociometric network. The analysis of latent growth curves -based on a scalar longitudinal measurement invariance, the bifactor model of the Perceived Peer Integration Questionnaire (PPI) and three rounds of the nationwide study School determinants of educational effectiveness (N = 4349) -indicates that the second stage of learning in primary school is characterised by a more negative perception of peer integration in classroom settings, which cannot be explained by socio--demographic variables nor the relationships taking place within peer networks. This indicates that it may be linked to developmental changes rather than to the actual deterioration of peer relations.

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“…r = .07; Teppers et al, 2013) whereas others found negative relations (e.g. Some studies found positive relations (e.g.…”

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Loneliness and the Big Five Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis

Buecker¹,

Maes²,

Denissen³

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This preregistered meta‐analysis (k = 113, total n = 93 668) addressed how the Big Five dimensions of personality (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness) are related to loneliness. Robust variance estimation accounting for the dependency of effect sizes was used to compute meta‐analytic bivariate correlations between loneliness and personality. Extraversion (r = −.370), agreeableness (r = −.243), conscientiousness (r = −.202), and openness (r = −.107) were negatively related to loneliness. Neuroticism (r = .358) was positively related to loneliness. These associations differed meaningfully in strength depending on how loneliness was assessed. Additionally, meta‐analytic structural equation modelling was used to investigate the unique association between each personality trait and loneliness while controlling for the other four personality traits. All personality traits except openness remained statistically significantly associated with loneliness when controlling for the other personality traits. Our results show the importance of stable personality factors in explaining individual differences in loneliness. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Personality traits, loneliness, and attitudes toward aloneness in adolescence

Cited by 90 publications

References 40 publications

Loneliness Effects on Personality: Preprint

Loneliness Effects on Personality: Preprint

The dynamics of perception of social integration in primary school. The latent growth curve model

Loneliness and the Big Five Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis

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