Turkish adolescents' conflict resolution strategies toward peers and parents as a function of loneliness

Ayşe Ciftçi; Ayhan Demir; Lynette Heim Bikos

Turkish adolescents' conflict resolution strategies toward peers and parents as a function of loneliness

Adolescence. 2008 Winter;43(172):911-26.

Authors

Ayşe Ciftçi¹, Ayhan Demir, Lynette Heim Bikos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, 100 N. University St. BRNG 5168, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. ayse@purdue.edu

PMID: 19149153

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of loneliness on the conflict resolution strategies of adolescents toward their friends, mothers, and fathers. High school students (N = 180) from 8 different schools in Ankara, Turkey, completed the UCLA Loneliness Scale and Conflict Resolution Questionnaire with respect to their friends, mothers, and fathers. Results indicated no significant interaction among level of loneliness, conflict resolution strategies, and type of relationship. However, there were significant interactions between conflict resolution strategies and type of relationship, and between conflict resolution strategies and level of loneliness.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Conflict, Psychological*
Female
Humans
Loneliness* / psychology
Male
Parent-Child Relations*
Peer Group*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey