	Objective 1: Loneliness and coping strategies
	Objective 2: Culture, loneliness and coping strategies
	Objective 3: Developmental approach to loneliness and coping strategies
	Objective 4: Internet use, loneliness and coping strategies
	Objective 5: Phenomenological approach to loneliness and coping strategies

Study 1

Method

Participants

Procedure

Measures

	Strength of loneliness
	Types and strengths of coping strategies
	Internet use

Results

Objective 1: Loneliness and coping strategies

	A. Correlates of coping strategies and loneliness
	B. Factor analysis and the creation of coping categories
	C. Coping strategies and its relation to loneliness

Objective 2: Culture, loneliness and coping strategies

A. and B. Differences between coping strategies, loneliness and nationalities

Objective 3: Developmental approach to loneliness and coping strategies

	A. Correlate between loneliness and age
	B. Changes in coping categories between age categories

Objective 4: Internet use, loneliness and coping strategies

	A. Coping with loneliness using the Internet
	B. Differences in the level of loneliness for different uses of the Internet
	C. Different coping categories associated with different uses of the Internet

Summary

Study 2

Method

Results

Objective 5: Phenomenological approach to loneliness and coping strategies

	A. and B. Derived categories and their frequencies
	Causes of loneliness
	Descriptions of loneliness
	Coping mechanisms

Summary

Discussion

Constructive active coping

Emotion expression and social coping

Rumination and passive-avoidant coping

Summary of coping strategies

Strengths and limitations

	Advantages of Internet data collection
	Disadvantages of Internet data collection
	Benefits of a combined qualitative and quantitative approach

Future directions

References

Appendix A: Abridged questionnaire

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