Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 24-29.

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The Impact of Children’s Peer relations on Their Loneliness

SUN Xiao-jun, ZHOU Zong-kui   

  1. Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2007-01-15 Published:2007-01-15

Abstract: 571 elmentary school children from grade 3 to grade 5 were used as subjects to investigate the relationships among social preference,friendship quality,passive withdrawal,self-perceived social competence and loneliness,and in addition,to investigate the impact of different level variable of peer relations on loneliness.The results indicated that children's peer relations variables(peer acceptance,friendship quality,self-perceived social competence)can signifi-cantly predict their loneliness;the predictive effectiveness of self-perceived social competence on loneliness is biggest, then the friendship quality and peer acceptance;and passive withdrawal behavior can't significantly predict its loneliness,when the impact of other peer relations variables are controlled.

Key words: children, social preference, friendship quality, self-perceived social competence, passive withdrawal, lone-liness

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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