Scores on loneliness of Chinese and American college students.
197 American college students going to school in Oklahoma and 91 Chinese college students going to school in China participated. Chinese students from extended families (families with three generations) reported less loneliness than those from nuclear families. In the younger group (aged 18 to 20 yr.), Chinese students scored higher on loneliness than American students as did all freshman compared with all sophomore students. Significant interactions between nation and years in college and between nation and family structure (extended families vs nuclear families) were found within the same age group.
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Department of Psychology and Human Ecology, Cameron University, Lawton, OK 73505, USA. xiaolinx@cameron.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States