Discusses the related concepts of loneliness and the guidance counseling of adolescents. Argues that the fear of loneliness and the accompanying need to avoid it constitutes a universal motivational principle and that it is especially acute during adolescence. Shows how loneliness may serve as a basis for understanding and interpreting adolescent…

Examined female adolescent runaways. Found that girls who "run to" were younger, more impulsive, had internal locus of control, and had history of more runaways and longer periods of staying away from home. Girls who "run from" were older, more reflective, had external locus of control, and had history of fewer runaways and shorter periods away…

Explored measuring psychic entropy (loss of motivation, unfocused attention, passivity, bad moods) in junior and senior high school students (N=22) and noted predictability of gender and grade using Psychic Entropy Measure for Adolescents. Found results did not support hypotheses that girls experience greater psychic entropy than boys or that…