title: Stress, hope, and loneliness in young adolescents.
abstract: A sample of 134 young adolescents attending a middle school responded to the Perceived Stress Scale, the Hopefulness Scale for Adolescents, and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. Correlational analyses indicated that higher scores on stress were significantly associated with lower scores on hope (r = -.55) and higher scores on loneliness (r = .52). Unlike an earlier study with predominately ethnic minority adolescents, the present findings with predominately Euro-American adolescents supported the relationship proposed between stress and hope; the relationship proposed between stress and loneliness was supported.
authors: College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA. yarchesk@rutgers.edu
authors: Adela
authors: A
authors: Yarcheski
authors: Noreen E
authors: NE
authors: Mahon
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Yarcheski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D012951:Socialization