Spotting Loneliness at School: Associations between Self-Reports and Teacher and Peer Nominations.

ABSTRACT: In two independent studies, we aimed to examine the extent to which teacher and peer nominations of loneliness are associated with children's and adolescents' self-reported loneliness, respectively. Additionally, we examined whether loneliness nominations from teachers and peers were informative above and beyond peer status and social behaviors associated with loneliness. In Study 1 (N = 1594, Mage = 9.43 years), teacher nominations of loneliness showed a small to moderate correlation with children's self-reported loneliness as assessed using the Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (LSDQ). The results of a hierarchical regression analysis showed that teacher nominations of loneliness predicted children's self-reported loneliness above and beyond teacher nominations of peer

SUBMITTER: Geukens F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908606 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature