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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Social strategies and loneliness.
Sanna EronenSari ToivonenJari-erik NurmiKatariina Salmela-arosubject
AdultMaleSocial PsychologyAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectAttribution bias050109 social psychology050105 experimental psychologyDevelopmental psychologyInterpersonal relationshipSex FactorsmedicinePersonalityHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSocial isolationSocial Behaviormedia_commonLoneliness05 social sciencesSelf-esteemLonelinessSelf ConceptUCLA Loneliness ScaleFemalemedicine.symptomPsychologyAttributiondescription
Although substantial research has been done on loneliness, in only a few studies has the extent of its association with the cognitive and attributional strategies people apply in social situations been investigated. Two studies were carried out among Finnish students to examine this association. In Study 1, 70 men and 202 women filled in the Cartoon-Attribution-Strategy Test (CAST) and Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), then 1 year later, the revised UCLA Loneliness Scale. In Study 2, 25 men and 35 women filled in the CAST and the RSE, then 4 months later, the UCLA Loneliness Scale. In both studies, a pessimistic avoidance strategy was associated with subsequent feelings of loneliness, even after controls for the level of self-esteem. Both an optimistic planning strategy and a self-serving attributional bias were negatively associated with feelings of loneliness among men but not among women.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-12-01 | The Journal of social psychology |