Comparison of Transitory and Chronic Loners on Selected Personality Variables.

Hojat, Mohammadreza

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Publication Date: 1983-May

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Comparison of Transitory and Chronic Loners on Selected Personality Variables.

Hojat, Mohammadreza

British Journal of Psychology, v74 n2 p199-202 May 1983

Investigated personality differences between transitory and chronic loners among Iranian students (N=232) studying in American universities; and Iranian students (N=305) studying in Iranian universities. Chronic loners in both groups scored significantly higher than transitory loners on measures such as global loneliness, anxiety, depression, neuroticism and external locus of control. (JAC)

Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Loneliness, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Social Isolation, Student Alienation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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