The Effect of Secondary School Students' Familial Characteristics On Loneliness Levels

In this study, whether loneliness levels of 6, 7, 8 class secondary school students were differentiated with respect to their familial characteristics was investigated. The study was conducted on 1993 students, 1013 of which are female and 980 of which are male, trained in 2010-2011 education period in Eskisehir city from Turkey. By this study, it was found that students' loneliness levels show difference in relation to parents' education levels, parents' togetherness, number of siblings, level of income and father's status of work. The results were discussed in the light of literature and necessary suggestions to prevent children from experiencing loneliness were offered. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Dr Zafer Bekirogullari.