title: Relationship of loneliness and its affective elements to self-esteem.
abstract: This study was designed to investigate the relationship between loneliness and self-esteem for adolescents (n = 57; age range 16 to 18 years). As hypothesized, scores on the UCLA Scale for Loneliness correlated negatively with adolescents' scores on Coopersmith's self-esteem measure. And, scores on two affective dimensions of loneliness (Isolation and Dejection) correlated negatively with scores on self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: Jefferson Parish School System, Louisiana.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Scalise
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ginter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept