The role of peers and families in predicting the loneliness level of adolescents

The March edition of the Journal of Psychology describes how peer or demographic variables in birth order, number of siblings and education level, and family structure affect the loneliness level of adolescents through a survey conducted on 756 Turkish high school students. The research hypothesizes that peer, demographic, and family variables are significant predictors of adolescent loneliness. The result shows that peer relation is the most important predictor for loneliness level; and peer intimacy, peer pressure …

…improvement over time. Overall, loneliness is a multidimensional phenomenon that many factors affect people's loneliness. It can't be denied that peer and family influence contribute the most to the loneliness level because they are two most significant social circles we live in everyday. Even though there is no definite answer to why people feel lonely, we can associate the facts found in research to draw a better understanding of human being as a lonely individual.