Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-391) and indexes.
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Part I. Introduction: 1. Childhood and adolescent loneliness : an introduction / Ken J. Rotenberg.
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Part II. Theoretical and Assessment Issues : 2. The conceptualization and measurement of childhood loneliness / Beverley Terrell-Deutsch 3. Understanding the origins of childhood loneliness : contributions of attachment theory / Jude Cassidy and Lisa J. Berlin 4. Developmental change in the sources of loneliness in childhood and adolescence : constructing a theoretical model / Jennifer T. Parkhurst and Andrea Hopmeyer 5. Loneliness through the eyes of children / Shelley Hymel, Donato Tarulli, Laura hayden Thomson and Beverley Terrell-Deutsch.
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Part III. Loneliness in Childhood: 6. Loneliness during early childhood : the role of interpersonal behaviors and relationships / Kim B. Burgess, Gary W. Ladd, Becky J. Kochenderfer, Sharon F. Lambert and Sondra H. Birch 7. Antecedents of loneliness and the ability to be alone in young children / Lisa M. Youngblade, Lisa J. Berlin and Jay Belsky 8. A social information-processing approach to children's loneliness / Nicki R. Crick, Jennifer K. Groptpeter and Carol M. Rockhill 9. Parental antecedents of children's loneliness / Ken J. Rotenberg 10. The friendship experience in middle childhood and adolescence: implication for understanding loneliness / Jeffrey G. Parker, Jill L. Saxon, Steven R. Asher and Donna M. Kovacs.
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Part IV. Loneliness in Adolescence : 11. Adolescent loneliness, self-reflection and identity: from individual differences to developmental processes / Luc Goossens and Alfons Marcoen 12. On the uses of loneliness in adolescence / Reed W. Larson 13. Social self-discrepancy theory and loneliness during childhood and adolescence / Janis B. Kupermidt, Kathy B. Sigda, Mary Ellen Voegler and Constantine Sedikides 14. Self, other and loneliness from a developmental perspective / Lorrie K. Sippola and William M. Bukowski 15. Adolescent loneliness and maladjustment : a focus on gender differences / Linda Loenig and Robin Abrams.
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Part V. Prospective : 16. Examination of loneliness acrosss the life cycle : two solitudes or unified enterprise? / Daniel Perlman and Monica Landolt.