LONELINESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND ANXIETY AMONG 2 SOUTH-PACIFIC CULTURES

被引:31
作者
GINTER, EJ
GLAUSER, A
RICHMOND, BO
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[1] University of Georgia, Division of Developmental Studies, Athens
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10.2466/pr0.1994.74.3.875
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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This study was designed to investigate the relations among two sources of social support, various aspects of loneliness, and anxiety from two different cultural groups. One group was comprised of Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian people (n = 54) and the other of East Indian and Caucasian people (n = 27). As hypothesized, significant correlations (direct and inverse) between scores on a measure of social support and loneliness were found and a positive one between anxiety and loneliness.
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