The Mediating Role of Internet Connection, Virtual Friends, and Mood in Predicting Loneliness among Students with and without Learning Disabilities in Different Educational Environments

Autor/inn/en	Sharabi, Adi; Margalit, Malka
Titel	The Mediating Role of Internet Connection, Virtual Friends, and Mood in Predicting Loneliness among Students with and without Learning Disabilities in Different Educational Environments
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 44 (2011) 3, S.215-227 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219409357080
Schlagwörter	Testing Accommodations; Interpersonal Communication; Structural Equation Models; Learning Disabilities; Adolescents; Student Motivation; Severity (of Disability); Internet; Psychological Patterns; Computer Mediated Communication; Comparative Analysis; Social Networks; Prediction; Educational Environment; Resilience (Psychology); At Risk Students; High School Students; Emotional Response; Interpersonal Relationship; Friendship; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schulische Motivation; Schweregrad; Computerkonferenz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Vorhersage; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Emotionales Verhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Freundschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland
Abstract	This study evaluated a multidimensional model of loneliness as related to risk and protective factors among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). The authors aimed to identify factors that mediated loneliness among 716 adolescents in Grades 10 through 12 who were studying in high schools or in Youth Education Centers for at-risk populations. There were 334 students with LD, divided into subgroups according to disability severity (three levels of testing accommodations), and 382 students without LD. Five instruments measured participants' socioemotional characteristics: loneliness, Internet communication, mood, and social and academic achievement-oriented motivation. Using structural equation modeling, the results confirmed the loneliness model and revealed that the use of the Internet to support interpersonal communication with friends predicted less intense loneliness, whereas virtual friendships with individuals whom students knew only online predicted greater loneliness. Positive and negative mood and motivation also predicted students' loneliness. In addition, the severity of LD predicted stronger loneliness feelings. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10