The aim of this bachelor thesis was to examine the
intergenerational transmission of loneliness assuming a
relationship between parental and children‘s loneliness.
Another part of the thesis was an exploration of other factors
related to parental support of socialization that can affect
this relationship. The target popula-tion were preschool
children and their parents. The research involved 48
parent-child dyads. Both children’s and parental loneliness was
assessed by self-report methods, for the assessment of
children’s loneliness the Child Puppet Interview was used,
while parental loneliness was measured by the UCLA loneliness
scale. As a part of parental questionnaire, there were
questions about parental support of socialization. Although the
results bring the evidence of medium strength relation between
parental loneliness and family-related loneliness in children,
the intergenerational transmission hypothesis wasn’t supported
by significant results. By conducting regression analysis, a
model explaining 18 % of variance of family-related loneliness
of children was found, while the only significant predictor was
child’s attendance of afterschool activities. Limitations and
future research recommendations are discussed.