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Loneliness Among Low-Income, Single Adolescent Mothers

Barbara Chesser

Department of Human Development and the Family, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68583

John C. Woodward

Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68583

Maxine Bauermeister

First Plymouth Congregational Church, 20th and D Street, Lincoln, NE 68502

Anne M. Parkhurst

Biometrics and Information Systems Center, University of Nebraska-Lancoln 68583

Feelings of loneliness and isolation occur at various stages of life but are usually most intense during adolescence. Studies have shown that adolescent females experience loneliness to a greater degree than males do. This study was based on the hypothesis that low-income, single, adolescent mothers would report a greater degree of loneliness than 10 other selected popula tions. A 4-part questionnaire was administered to adolescent mothers receiving public assis tance in a midwestern city. Statistical analyses showed that the loneliness scores of the low-in come, single, adolescent mothers were higher than those of the other populations. Educational background, marital status of parents, accessibility of transportation, and income level were factors found to contribute significantly to feelings of loneliness in this sample. Several other factors were found to influence the loneliness scores.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, 374-381 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X8100900412
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