Peculiarities of the subjective feeling of loneliness of Belarusian schoolchildren with different social orientation

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual psychological problem of experiencing loneliness in adolescents. The article describes the results of an empirical study of the subjective feeling of loneliness among Belarusian schoolchildren. A comparative analysis of data on the manifestation of various types of loneliness in schoolchildren with a prosocial and socially inert personality orientation is presented. It is concluded that the pro-social orientation of the personality of schoolchildren, the desire to help others, to actively participate in socially useful activities, makes it possible to reduce the intensity of the subjective experience of loneliness and, in general, experience loneliness as a positive state.