Loneliness and creativity in adolescents.
Samples of 107 early, 81 middle, and 112 late adolescents responded to the UCLA Loneliness Scale and The Creativity Scale of the Adjective Check List. Contrary to the hypothesized direction, statistically significant inverse correlations (-.19 to -.33) were found between scores on measures of loneliness and creativity in all three adolescent samples. Findings are interpreted within the conceptualizations in which the relationship between loneliness and creativity were proposed.
Mahon
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College of Nursing, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, USA. Mahon@nightingale.rutgers.edu
Yarcheski
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TJ
Yarcheski
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent