PSYCHOLOGY OF LONELINESS -- PSYCHOLOGY OF LONELINESS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: EXPERIENCING LONELINESS IN CHILDHOOD: CONSEQUENCES FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LONELINESS IN ADULTS -- LONELINESS IN CHILDREN -- LONELINESS AND PEER RELATIONSHIPS -- CONSEQUENCES OF CHILDHOOD LONELINESS -- LONELINESS AND SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT -- LONELINESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE -- GENDER DIFFERENCES AND LONELINESS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: AGEING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ORIGINS OF THE STUDY OF WELL-BEING AND ITS CONCEPT -- 3. SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING: THE HEDONIC APPROACH -- 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING: EUDAEMONIC MODEL -- 5. MEASUREMENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: LONELINESS IN SEXUAL OFFENDERS -- WHAT IS LONELINESS? -- LONELINESS IN THE SEXUAL OFFENDING LITERATURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: LONELINESS AND LIFE: FROM BEGINNING TO END -- ABSTRACT -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: THE LONELINESS EXPERIENCE- SAMPLE ITEMS -- Chapter 5: THE EXPERIENCE OF LONELINESS WHILE STUDYING ABROAD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LONELINESS -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: DENYING THE NEED TO BELONG: HOW SOCIAL EXCLUSION IMPAIRS HUMAN FUNCTIONING AND HOW PEOPLE CAN PROTECT AGAINST IT -- THE DESIRE FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION -- HOW DOES SOCIAL EXCLUSION AFFECT PEOPLE? -- COPING WITH SOCIAL EXCLUSION -- BUFFERING PEOPLE FROM SOCIAL EXCLUSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: SEXUAL ALIENATION: A REVIEW OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LONELINESS OF GAY, LESBIAN, AND BISEXUAL ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 8: BEING LONELY IN A CROWD: POPULATION DENSITY CONTRIBUTES TO PERCEIVED LONELINESS IN CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CROWDEDNESS -- SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL IN THE CROWDING ENVIRONMENT -- HABITUATION OF SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL AND LONELINESS -- OTHER FACTORS THAT MIGHT INTENSIFY THE HIGH POPULATION DENSITY--LONELINESS PROCESSES -- LONELINESS AMONG PEOPLE IN CHINA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.