The role of loneliness in quality of life among children

Abstract

Loneliness in children and adolescents is explained as an emotionally obtrusive experience arising from sadness and anxiety coming out of quantitative or qualitative deficiencies in social relationships of the child. Loneliness which is expression of general well-being and gratification obtained from life of individual as a whole effect the life quality of a child. In this research a cross-sectional and correlational study out of quantitative research methods was designed and conceptual model constituted in the direction of aim of research was examined by structural equation modeling. According to result of study, loneliness predict life quality negatively. This situation is quite important because social workers, psychological counselors, teachers and administrators would determine students' feelings of loneliness and would develop and implement programs for these children to establish deeper and more stable relationships with their friends and families.