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Cheng, Helen; Furnham, Adrian – Journal of Adolescence, 2002
Examines to what extent peer relations, self-confidence, and school performance correlate with self-rated happiness and loneliness in adolescents. Personality traits, self-confidence, friendship, and school grades were all significantly oppositely correlated with happiness and loneliness. Regressional analysis revealed that extraversion and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Extraversion Introversion, Friendship