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Benedict T. McWhirter
Researcher at University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Publications - 12
Citations - 514
Benedict T. McWhirter is an academic researcher from University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The author has contributed to research in topics: Loneliness & UCLA Loneliness Scale. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 12 publications receiving 476 citations. Previous affiliations of Benedict T. McWhirter include Arizona State University.
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Loneliness: A Review of Current Literature, With Implications for Counseling and Research
TL;DR: A review of the current literature on loneliness can be found in this paper, where the relationship of loneliness to other variables, the major characteristics of the experience of loneliness, and a definition of loneliness for counseling are described.
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Loneliness, Learned Resourcefulness, and Self‐Esteem in College Students
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationships among types of loneliness and learned resourcefulness, self-esteem, and gender among a sample of college students and found that selfesteem and gender significantly predicted the experience of global loneliness (as measured by the full-scale R-UCLA), intimate loneliness and social loneliness.
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Factor analysis of the revised UCLA loneliness scale
TL;DR: The Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA) as discussed by the authors measures three dimensions of loneliness: loneliness related to (i) intimate others, (ii) social others, and (iii) affiliative environment.
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Construct validity of cognitive-behavioral treatments for intimate and social loneliness
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of two cognitive-behavioral interventions whose contents were matched to distinct types of loneliness (intimate and social) derived from empirical and theoretical literature and from a factor analysis of theRevised UCLA Loneliness Scale were compared.
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University Survival Strategies and the Learning Disabled College Student
TL;DR: In this article, effective support services for the learning disabled university student are outlined, and an effective support system for learning disabled students is proposed. But this system is not suitable for all students.