Results: Loneliness Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Results indicated an increased prevalence of social and emotional loneliness as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown, with 10.7% of students qualifying as not lonely, 56.7% as moderately lonely, and 23.6% as severely lonely. Loneliness was primarily attributed to home confinement, quarantine, social distancing, and school closure. Age and gender were both found to be predictive of loneliness, with younger age being correlated with a higher prevalence of emotional loneliness and females reporting higher levels of social loneliness. Resilience, coping behaviors, and social support were significantly associated with emotional and social loneliness, with higher ratings being correlated with lower levels of loneliness. Specifically, higher levels of emotional loneliness were correlated with lower personal resilience, and higher levels of social loneliness were associated with lower scores in coping and social support questionnaires.
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