The acceptance of lonely others: effects of loneliness and gender of the target person and loneliness of the perceiver.
The reactions of lonely people toward other lonely people and the relationship between loneliness and self-concepts were examined. The 2-way and 3-way interaction effects showed that low lonely perceivers reacted more negatively toward the lonely target person. The relationship between loneliness and self-concept was examined using a multidimensional measure of self-concept. Results showed that loneliness correlated negatively with self-concept. In multiple regression analyses, the most significant predictors of loneliness were self-concept of relations with same gender and opposite gender peers and general self-concept.
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Center for Child Development, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors