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ABSTRACT
The present study examined the influence of cultural background on the beneficial ways in which adolescents cope with loneliness. Eighty Canadian youth and 168 adolescents from the Czech Republic formed the participants pool. They answered a 36 item yes/no questionnaire. The questionnaire is composed of six subscales, namely: Reflection and acceptance, Self-development and understanding, Social support network, Distancing and denial, Religion and faith, and Increased activity. Results revealed a mixed pattern of differences between the two cultures, with Canadian youth scoring higher than the Czech only on the distancing and denial, and Religion and faith subscales, while that trend was reversed in Increased activity subscale. Gender differences within and between the cultures were also examined.