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This study investigated a causal model of antecedents of loneliness, based on Bowlby's (1969/1982) attachment theory and Blatt's (1990) model of personality. In this model parent and peer attachment were considered as exogenous variables, loneliness as endogenous variable; and Blatt's personality predispositions as mediators. Participants were 426 (204 girls and 222 boys) high school students, selected from Shiraz high schools. Participants completed the short form of Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale, the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, at the end of adolescence. The hypothetical model was tested by AMOS software. Also, significance of the meditational effects determined by Bootstrap method. Results showed that parent attachment was a negative predictor of loneliness, both directly and indirectly by self-criticism and dependency as mediator variables. However, peer attachment had only negative direct effect on loneliness.
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