A Cross-Cultural Study into Loneliness Amongst University Students

Roux, A. Le; Connors, John

doi:10.1177/008124630103100206

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“…Medora et al (1987) found that loneliness levels of female students are higher than male students. (5). Other studies show that there is a significant relationship between gender and loneliness levels and it is in parallel with the results of our study.…”

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The object of this study is to analysis of lonelıness levels of unıversıty students with regard to sport and dıfferent varıables. The study is applied to 368 sample individuals of which, 135 are female and 233 are male, in 2018-2019 academic year of Ataturk University, Faculty of Education. Ucla Loneliness Scale (ULS), which was translated to Turkish by Demir, in 1989, is used in the study (1). SPSS 21 package program is also used for the analysis of the data. Frequency distribution while determining the demographics for the analysis of the data and T test in order to investigate the relationship between two independent variables and loneliness levels are also made use of in the study. On the other hand, analysis of Anova tests are practiced on to investigate the relationship between two independent variables and loneliness levels. The difference between the variables is interpreted based on p0.05 significance level. According to the findings, there is a significant difference between the students' gender, family structure, work out routines, and loneliness levels. On the contrary, it is also confirmed that there is no significant difference among age, weekly work out routines, sports branch variables and breakoff phenomenon. It is concluded that breakoff phenomenon levels for women and exercising students are higher than male and nonexercising students. It is believed that students who do not experience breakoff phenomenon through learning process or students, who answer the necessities of their life and others', make themselves happier and become more successful. Therefore, it is emphasized to determine the variables that might lead people to feel lonely and is underlined to carry out studies, which will provide positive results on these variables.

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“…Former studies on loneliness among university students have investigated associations with culture [ 15 , 16 ], gender [ 12 , 17 , 18 ], social media [ 19 ], Internet [ 20 , 21 , 22 ] and smartphone use [ 23 ], attachment [ 24 , 25 , 26 ], mental distress [ 27 ], and academic performance [ 28 ].…”

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Loneliness at Universities: Determinants of Emotional and Social Loneliness among Students

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The transition from school to university is associated with social, structural, and behavioral changes. These changes may be related to feelings of loneliness, which are in turn related to morbidity. The authors’ aim was to quantify loneliness among students and to identify its determinants and its relation to transition-related variables (e.g., changes in weight, diet, or physical activity since the transition from high school to university). Coming from across Germany, 689 students participated in the Nutrition and Physical Activity in Adolescence (NuPhA) survey (16–29 years; 69.5% female). Associations of loneliness with the above-mentioned aspects were analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regressions. Altogether, 32.4% felt moderately lonely and 3.2%, severely lonely. Emotional loneliness was more common than social loneliness (severe loneliness: 7.7% vs. 3.2%). Both were positively associated with feelings of depression and anxiety. Being married or in a committed relationship seemed to be protective factors for emotional loneliness. Physical inactivity, an immigrant background, and studying social sciences were related to higher social loneliness. Transition-related variables produced mixed results. In conclusion, this study’s findings indicated that loneliness seemed to be prevalent in university students. The authors identified important starting points for interventions to prevent loneliness. Such interventions may help reduce the disease burden in the students’ future professional life.

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“…(2002) found that North Americans scored higher on factors such as personal inadequacies, developmental deficits, unfulfilling intimate relations, relocation separation and social marginality than their Spanish equivalents. In another cross‐cultural study Australian college students were more likely to report being lonely than South African students (Le Roux & Connors 2001). They suggest that the differences relate to the Australian students being better socialized in admitting and expressing their emotions than South African students.…”

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confidence: 99%