Psychology of loneliness of high school students


GÜRSES A., Merhametli Z. R., Sahin E., GÜNEŞ K., Acikyildiz M.

3rd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES), İstanbul, Türkiye, 3 - 07 Şubat 2011, cilt.15, ss.2578-2581 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 15
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.149
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2578-2581
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Loneliness psychology, high school students, academic performance, school, sex
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study purposes to determine relation between the level of loneliness of the students who have been attended at four state high schools and the various variables such as school, sex, accommodation types and academic achievement. The sample of study is assigned through random sampling. For this, the sample of this study was composed with a hundred thirty-one female and one hundred thirty-six male students from four high schools in Erzurum. The sixty-five students from a high school, the seventy-two students from B high school, sixty students from C high school, sixty-eight students from D high school are randomly determined. Besides, the students who are written the composition with emotion of loneliness are sixty students at total. Thus, three hundred and twenty-five students compose the sample that accepted to attend. In this study, UCLA loneliness scale (University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale) and a short information form prepared by the researchers are used as data collection tool. The information relating school, sex, accommodation types and the average of period is wanted from the students at the form of information. The data obtained from loneliness scale (UCLA) is analyzed by using SPSS considering above variables. The compositions written by students are qualitatively evaluated by the researchers. According to finding of this study, a significant relation is found between the loneliness and sex at 0.05 significant levels. The levels of loneliness of girls are too many from the man (X-F=22.27 and X-M=20.88). Between accommodation types with the emotion of loneliness of the high school is found not to be significant relation. Furthermore, between the academic achievements with the emotion of loneliness of the high school is determined not to be an expressive relation. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.