title: Avoidance of Ontological Confrontation of Loneliness and some epidemilogical indices of social behavior and health.
abstract: A scale, Avoidance of the Ontological Confrontation of Loneliness, was developed to assist the psychometric recorded documentation of choice of avoidance versus confrontation strategy to the issue of loneliness. Analysis showed low scores (confronters) reported increased use of soft drugs and were absent from employment more often than medium or high scorers. Borderline statistically significant findings hint that high scorers (avoiders) lean toward less alcoholic beverage consumption while low scorers lean toward fewer automobile accidents and less use of medication than medium groupings. These results both advantages and disadvantages to strategies of awareness.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001293:Attitude to Death; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012919:Social Behavior; D012934:Social Isolation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology