A PILOT-STUDY OF LONELINESS IN ETHNIC-MINORITY COLLEGE-STUDENTS

The purpose of this pilot study was to examine how the constructs of l earned resourcefulness and self-esteem contributed to the experience o f global, intimate, and social loneliness among a sample of U.S. ethni c minority college students (N = 51) including Hispanics (n = 32) and African Americans (n = 19). Results of three Multiple Regression Analy ses revealed that self-esteem was inversely related to all three types of loneliness (global, intimate, and social), while learned resourcef ulness was directly related to intimate loneliness only. Implications for future research are discussed.