Determinante van vereensaming tydens vroeë volwassenheid

South African Journal of Psychology

Connors

2001

The main aim of this research was to determine whether two groups of students from different cultural backgrounds differed as far as their experience of loneliness was concerned. The researchers also wanted to determine whether the groups differed in their experience of loneliness for gender, age, domestic circumstances and socio-economic status. The two groups were formed as follows: Information was gathered from senior students of the Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga (N=189); data were also obtained from the students of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, by distributing questionnaires amongst second- and third year students (N=104). The data were analysed by using t-tests for independent samples. The results indicated firstly that students from the Charles Sturt University in New South Wales were significantly more lonely than students from the University of the Free State. Furthermore, it was found that female Australian students were significantly more lonely than female students from South Africa, and that there were no age differences for the two groups. It was also found that domestic circumstances play an important role in the experience of loneliness, since Australian students who grew up in happy parental homes were significantly more lonely than their South African counterparts.

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“…gender or age. Any person can become a victim of loneliness at some or other time (Ferns. 1991;Peplau & Perlman.…”

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A Cross-Cultural Study into Loneliness Amongst University Students

South African Journal of Psychology

Connors

2001

“…The set of emotional conditions individuals experience has been the main focus of investigations into loneliness for several years (De Beer, 1992;Ferns, 1991;Peplau & Perlman, 1982;Scholtz, 1995;Weiss, 1973). According to these researchers emotional loneliness can result from either the absence and/or the severance of intimate emotional ties within some or all of the individual's relationships, or even by circumstantial changes within these relationships.…”

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“…In modern society, time and money are often used for entertaining friends and building relationships; • Divorce -it leads to emotional trauma and a loss of social relationships; • Dysfunctional marriages -this includes marital conflict and unsatisfied needs; • A whole gammet of personality factors may predispose an individual towards loneliness. These include suspicion, self-consciousness, shyness, feelings of guilt, feelings of low self-esteem, and an external locus of control (Cheek & Busch, 1981;Diamant & Windholz, 1981;Ferns, 1991;Hojat, 1982;Janse van Rensburg, 1991;Taylor et al, 1994). Individuals lacking self-confidence are less likely to feel at liberty to open and express their feelings (Hansson & Jones, 1981).…”

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“…As we can see, loneliness is a complex phenomenon, and as the millions of people currently experiencing the devastation and destruction of loneliness will testify, it is something against which nobody is immune. Loneliness is debilitating and demoralising, and robs life of quality and motivation (Ferns, 1991;Janse van Rensburg, 1991). Loneliness has also been associated with disorders such as depression, suicide, hostility, alcoholism and psychosomatic diseases (Kastenbaum 1979;McWhirter, 1990), which lead to a greater need for medical services (Lynch, 1977).…”

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The Christian Faith as Predictor of Loneliness

2013

Scriptura

The chief aim of the research was to investigate the importance of Christian faith in the prediction of loneliness. Questionnaires were completed by more than 3000 church members of the reformed churches in Bloemfontein, from which a sample of 1000 questionnaires was randomly drawn in order to form the research sample. The results, generated by means of a stepwise multiple regression analysis, showed that faith in Jesus Christ is an important predictor in loneliness. It was also found that certain biographical variables correlate very highly with loneliness and can be used effectively to predict loneliness amongst individuals. This combination of variables, viz. Christian faith and biographical variables, managed to account for about 19% of the variance of loneliness.

The Relationship between Loneliness and the Christian Faith

South African Journal of Psychology

1998

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between loneliness and the Christian faith. Questionnaires were completed by a sample of 100 third-year psychology students at the University of the Orange Free State. The results reflect a highly significant negative relationship between loneliness and the Christian faith. This may imply that the lonelier the student is, the weaker his faith is in Jesus as the Redeemer, and vice versa. These findings support the views held by many authors who maintain that the deepest cause of loneliness may be sought in the individual's religious uprootment and severance of their vertical relationship with God.