A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Loneliness among school-aged children and their parents
Authors: Junttila Niina, Vauras Marja
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
Publication year: 2009
Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Journal name in source: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
Journal acronym: SCAND J PSYCHOL
Volume: 50
Issue: 3
First page : 211
Last page: 219
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 0036-5564
eISSN: 1467-9450
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00715.x
Web address : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00715.x
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the existence of the intergenerational transmission of loneliness between parents and children, including an examination of its stability and of gender differences. The study consisted of an evaluation of loneliness in mothers (n = 834), fathers (n = 661) and their 10-year-old children (n = 981). Parent's self-reported loneliness was measured once, and their children's social and emotional loneliness were assessed at three time-points. The stability analysis indicated average stability in children's loneliness, especially their social loneliness. Boys were found to experience more emotional loneliness than girls. Structural equation modeling indicated no direct relationship between mothers'/fathers' loneliness and their children's loneliness. However, mothers' and fathers' loneliness reduced their daughters' peer-evaluated cooperating skills, which consequently predicted higher levels of both social and emotional loneliness.
The aim of this study was to examine the existence of the intergenerational transmission of loneliness between parents and children, including an examination of its stability and of gender differences. The study consisted of an evaluation of loneliness in mothers (n = 834), fathers (n = 661) and their 10-year-old children (n = 981). Parent's self-reported loneliness was measured once, and their children's social and emotional loneliness were assessed at three time-points. The stability analysis indicated average stability in children's loneliness, especially their social loneliness. Boys were found to experience more emotional loneliness than girls. Structural equation modeling indicated no direct relationship between mothers'/fathers' loneliness and their children's loneliness. However, mothers' and fathers' loneliness reduced their daughters' peer-evaluated cooperating skills, which consequently predicted higher levels of both social and emotional loneliness.
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