DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP13.100
Authors: María Montero-López Lena, Gary W. Evans
Abstract:
This paper documents the frequency of loneliness experience for mothers and children living in poor conditions. It describes the multitrait-multimethod strategy followed in a program in a major research sponsored by the National Autonomous University of Mexico from which are derived the data presented in this article. The results show that both women and children living in impoverished conditions experience lonely episodes significantly higher than those living in affluent conditions. It is noteworthy that mothers reported a lower frequency perception about lonely episodes in their children contrasting to the frequency with which they reported the loneliness experience. Results are discussed in light of possible conceptual, methodological and empirical implications related to the study of poverty and its psychological costs.
Keywords: Poverty, loneliness, multitrait-multimethod, mothers, children.
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