Table 6.

Coding of Items of the Loneliness and Aloneness Scale for Children and Adolescents (LACA).

Item	Emotional Loneliness	Social Loneliness	No Loneliness
Loneliness in relationships with parents
I feel I have very strong ties with my parents	X
My parents make time to pay attention to me		X
I feel left out by my parents		X
I find consolation with my parents	X
I find it hard to talk to my parents			X
I can get along with my parents very well			X
My parents are ready to listen to me or to help me	X
I have the feeling that my parents and I belong together		X
My parents share my interests			X
My parents show real interest in me		X
I doubt whether my parents love me after all			X
At home I feel at ease			X
Loneliness in relationships with peers
I think I have fewer friends than others			X
I feel isolated from other people		X
I feel excluded by my classmates		X
I want to be better integrated in the class group		X
Making friends is hard for me			X
I am afraid that others won’t let me join in		X
I feel alone at school		X
I think there is no single friend to whom I can tell everything	X
I feel abandoned by my friends		X
I feel left out by my friends		X
I feel sad because nobody wants to join in with me		X
I feel sad because I have no friends		X