Lakehead University Library Logo
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   Knowledge Commons
    • Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    • Retrospective theses
    • View Item
    •   Knowledge Commons
    • Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    • Retrospective theses
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    quick search

    Browse

    All of Knowledge CommonsCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDisciplineAdvisorCommittee MemberThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDisciplineAdvisorCommittee Member

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Loneliness and disclosure processes in early adolescence

    Thumbnail

    View/Open

    WhitneyP1988m-1b.pdf (2.498Mb)

    Date

    1988

    Author

    Whitney, Patrick

    Degree

    Master of Arts

    Discipline

    Psychology

    Subject

    Self-disclosure
    Loneliness in children
    Loneliness

    Metadata

    Show full item record

    Abstract

    Research has shown that, in comparison to nonlonely adults, lonely adults show problems in self-^^disclosure intimacy with peers and the current study was designed to assess whether lonely adolescents exhibit these problems. In the study, 37 male and 47 female early adolescents were administered a loneliness questionnaire and later engaged in structured interactions with male and female peer confederate partners who provided either high or low intimate information. As expected, subjects demonstrated topic-^intimacy continuity with partners by choosing topics and disclosing information higher in intimacy with the partners who provided high as opposed to low intimacy. In partial support of hypotheses, lonely boys chose topics low in intimacy in response to female peers. In contrast to other subjects, lonely boys showed a tendency to disclose less intimate information and, paradoxically, believed that their partners became more familiar with them. Findings were interpreted as indicating that the disclosure skill deficits of lonely boys disrupted the formation of oppQsite-^sex relationships, but not necessarily chumships. It is assumed that lack of awareness regarding low levels of disclosure intimacy with peers is largely responsible for the social skill deficits of these lonely individuals.

    URI

    http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/1571

    Collections

    • Retrospective theses

    Lakehead University Library
    Contact Us | Send Feedback

     


    Lakehead University Library
    Contact Us | Send Feedback