Argentine Loneliness Scale for Adolescents

I am afraid to be rejected when I get close to someone.

I feel intimidated by persons of the opposite sex.

When moving or changing schools, I experienced difficulties making new friends.

I feel sad because I do not have friends.

I blame myself when things go wrong.

I am not considered a special person by my partner.

I believe that I will not be able to achieve my goals.

When we moved, it was hard to adapt to new places.

I cannot share the most intimate thoughts with my partner.

I do not know how to behave in a social setting.

My parents are emotionally distant.

When we moved, I was separated from my friends for a long period of time.

I feel my friends do not love me.

I feel my parents were not emotionally supportive of me.

I am not able to express my feelings.

When moving, I felt homesick for my previous place or school.

When I suggest doing something (a game, a sport activity), nobody likes to join in.

I feel excluded by my classmates.

I feel there is a lack of trust between the members of my family.

My parents never had any spare time for me.

I feel that the relationship with my parents has been interrupted.

I feel rejected by my family.

Feelings are not openly shared in my family.

My parents do not listen to me when I say something.

Other children mock me.

I think my classmates criticize me and leave me out.

Others pretend not to see me.

I do not have a close friend to whom I can tell everything.

I doubt anybody loves me.

There is nobody I can have a good chat with.

I wish I had more friends.

I have no friends to have fun with.