J Korean Acad Nurs.  2009 Jun;39(3):401-408. 10.4040/jkan.2009.39.3.401.

Relationship of Peer Relationships, Perceived Parental Rearing Attitudes, Self-reported Attachment Security, to Loneliness in Upper Elementary School-age Children

• Moon SH

• KMID: 999310
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2009.39.3.401

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

Keyword

Peer relationship; Parental rearing attitude; Attachment security; Loneliness

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Child
*Child Psychology
Demography
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
*Loneliness
Male
Object Attachment
*Parent-Child Relations
Peer Group

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