Includes bibliographical references and index.

Experiencing loneliness in childhood : consequences for psychosocial adjustment, school adjustment, and academic performance / Lucy R. Betts, Anna S.A. Bicknell -- Ageing and psychological well-being / Juan Carlos Melendez-Moral -- Loneliness in sexual offenders / Emily Blake, Theresa A. Gannon -- Loneliness and life : from beginning to end / Ami Rokach -- The experience of loneliness while studying abroad / Holly A. Hunley -- Denying the need to belong : how social exclusion impairs human functioning and how people can protect against it / Richard S. Pond, Joseph Brey, C. Nathan DeWall -- Sexual alienation : a review of factors influencing the loneliness of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents / Bradley J. Bond -- Being lonely in a crowd : population density contributes to perceived loneliness in China / Zhenzhu Yue ... [and others].