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

Authors
GINTER EJ GLAUSER A RICHMOND BO
Citation
Ej. Ginter et al., LONELINESS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND ANXIETY AMONG 2 SOUTH-PACIFIC CULTURES, Psychological reports, 74(3), 1994, pp. 875-879
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
74
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
875 - 879
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)74:3<875:LSSAAA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the relations among two sources of social support, various aspects of loneliness, and anxiety from tw o different cultural groups. One group was comprised of Polynesian, Me lanesian, and Micronesian people (n = 54) and the other of East Indian and Caucasian people (n = 27). As hypothesized, significant correlati ons (direct and inverse) between scores on a measure of social support and loneliness were found and a positive one between anxiety and lone liness.