Relationship of Peer Relationships, Perceived Parental Rearing Attitudes, Self-reported Attachment Security, to Loneliness in Upper Elementary School-age Children.
10.4040/jkan.2009.39.3.401
- Author:
So Hyun MOON
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Dongshin University, Naju, Korea. bonjourmsh@dsu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Peer relationship;
Parental rearing attitude;
Attachment security;
Loneliness
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
*Child Psychology;
Demography;
Female;
Humans;
Interpersonal Relations;
*Loneliness;
Male;
Object Attachment;
*Parent-Child Relations;
Peer Group
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2009;39(3):401-408
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of peer relationships, self-reported attachment security, perceived parental rearing attitudes, and loneliness in upper elementary school-age children. METHODS: The data were collected from 207 students in grades 5 or 6, and descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients and Stepwise multiple regression were used with the SPSS/PC 12.0 program to analyze the data. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in loneliness between the upper 25% and lower 25% groups of peer relationships, perceived parental rearing attitudes, and self-reported attachment security. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed affection-hostility in parental rearing attitudes, validation and conflict in peer relationships, and attachment security explained 39.6% of the total variance in loneliness. CONCLUSION: These results may contribute to a better understanding of loneliness in upper elementary school-age children. The results of the present study indicate a need to develop nursing interventions to prevent and manage children's loneliness
