The relationship between loneliness and psychological well-being among third-year students: a cross-cultural investigation

Doman, Lovina C.H.; Roux, A. Le

doi:10.1080/17542863.2011.579389

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“…Several studies reported that loneliness negatively impacted psychological adjustment and well-being Houghton et al, 2016;Mellor et al, 2008;Tanhan, 2020). Among university students, loneliness was significantly found to be associate with anxiety and depressive symptoms (Kim et al, 2017;Moeller & Seehuus, 2019;Richardson et al, 2017;Tanhan, 2020), aggressive behaviors (Yavuzer et al, 2019), psychological well-being (Doman & Le Roux, 2012;Satici, 2019), and addictive behaviors (Habibi et al, 2018;Skues et al, 2016). Further, some research investigated the association between loneliness and a variety of outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic.…”

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Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

Arslan

2021

2717-7564

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Loneliness is a serious risk factor for healthy development and flourishing. Although loneliness has been revealed to play an important role in psychological health and well-being, little is known about moderating and mitigating mechanisms underlying this association, especially during adverse experiences (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic). The current study purposed to explore whether subjective vitality mediated the association of loneliness with psychological adjustment and whether college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on students’ adjustment in the context of loneliness. The study sample comprised 333 undergraduate students (69% female) from a public university in Turkey. They ranged in age between 19 and 41 years (M= 21.94, SD= 4.15). Findings from mediation analysis revealed that loneliness had a significant predictive effect on subjective vitality and psychological adjustment challenges. Subjective vitality also mediated the effect of loneliness on the psychological adjustment of college students. Further, college belongingness moderated the mediating effect of subjective vitality on adjustment and had a protective effect on the association between loneliness and subjective vitality in college students. These results indicate that subjective vitality and college belongingness are important mechanisms that may help develop prevention and intervention strategies to foster students’ psychological health and well-being in university settings.

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“…The results showed a positive correlation between loneliness and depression in the elderly population. A significant positive relationship between depression and loneliness was found in students of South Africa [32]. In a study, as in [33] it was reported that loneliness predicted depressive symptoms.…”

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Behavior of People: Role of Extraversion and Loneliness

Parija¹

2014

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This empirical study demonstrates that extraversion and loneliness as important variables predicting depression, subjective happiness, satisfaction with life and online flow experience. Extraversion was categorized into two categories, namely high and low extraversion. Similarly loneliness was also categorized into high and low loneliness. Data was collected from 342 participants (184 males and 158 females) using a structured questionnaire that contained all the variables of the study. Statistical techniques such as reliability and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze the data. Results revealed significant main effects of extraversion and loneliness on depression, subjective happiness, satisfaction with life and online flow experience. High extraversion and low loneliness had a negative effect on depression and online flow experience, and a positive effect on subjective happiness and satisfaction with life. Interaction effects indicated that an individual has low depression and low online flow experience, and high subjective happiness and high satisfaction with life when he/she is extroverted in nature and suffers from low degree of loneliness. The details of findings of the study have been suitably discussed.

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“…This correlation is further strengthened because of the loneliness role in mediating between self-compassion and psychological well-being. Self-compassion can affect the loneliness felt by overseas students and may have a positive effect on psychological well-being (Doman & Le Roux, 2012).…”

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“…Thus, the low loneliness the overseas students feel also affects their psychological well-being. Doman and Le Roux (2012) showed that people with low levels of psychological well-being tend to experience higher levels of loneliness and vice versa. The same thing was also revealed by Saygin and Deniz (2014), who stated that there is an influence on psychological well-being on someone.…”

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Psychological Well-Being Influenced by Self-Compassion and Loneliness among Overseas Students in Jakarta

Ibrahim¹,

Masyhadi

Damayanti³

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JEHCP

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The importance of psychological well-being for overseas students affects positive psychological functions that positively impact both internally (on themselves) and externally (on their circles). This research was a quantitative approach aimed at finding out the influence of self-compassion on psychological well-being, with loneliness as a mediator among them. One hundred sixty overseas students in Jakarta were selected based on a purposive sampling technique. The data collection applied a psychological scale. The scale used to measure self-compassion was adapted from the Self Compassion Scale-Short Form, and the scale used to measure psychological well-being was adapted from the Ryff Psychological Well-Being scale. The scale used to measure loneliness is called the R-UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3). The data was analyzed using a double regression test. The results showed: a) self-compassion has a negative influence on loneliness by 27% (R 2 = 0.2736); b) loneliness has a negative influence on psychological well-being by 30% (R 2 = 0.302); c) selfcompassion has a positive influence on psychological well-being by 35% (R 2 = 0.3587); and d) the influence of loneliness as a mediator of self-compassion toward psychological well-being is 43% (R 2 = 0.4358).

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The relationship between loneliness and psychological well-being among third-year students: a cross-cultural investigation

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

Loneliness, college belongingness, subjective vitality, and psychological adjustment during coronavirus pandemic: Development of the College Belongingness Questionnaire

Behavior of People: Role of Extraversion and Loneliness

Psychological Well-Being Influenced by Self-Compassion and Loneliness among Overseas Students in Jakarta

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